Azerbaijan vs Netherlands

Azerbaijan vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 20.1% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 24.6 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Azerbaijan.

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% of GDP · IMF

Azerbaijan vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 20.1% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 24.6 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Azerbaijan.
AzerbaijanNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1995.
  • In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 141 and Netherlands ranked 93 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Azerbaijan at 16.7% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAzerbaijanNetherlands
202520.144.7
202421.644
202321.845.9
202217.348.4
202126.450.5
202021.353.4
201917.747.7
201818.751.6
201722.556
201620.660.9
20151863.8
20148.567.2
20136.267.2
20125.865.7
2011561.2
2010558.9
20094.756.3
20083.254.4
2007442.7
20065.345
20056.949.6
20049.750.1
200310.749.8
200211.948.7
20011349.4
200013.152.2
199925.458.6
199814.362.7
199711.465.7
199616.771.3
199519.273
1994–73.5
1993–76.7
1992–75.6
1991–74.8
1990–75
1989–73.7
1988–73.7
1987–71.3
1986–69
1985–67.1
1984–61.9
1983–58.4
1982–52.4
1981–46.9
1980–43.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAzerbaijanNetherlands
202616.545.4
202716.445.7
202816.545.8
202916.546.3
203016.647.1
203116.748

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Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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