Bangladesh vs Brazil

Bangladesh vs Brazil: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 93.3% of GDP in Brazil, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 51.3 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bangladesh vs Brazil: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 93.3% of GDP in Brazil, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 51.3 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshBrazilIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 98 and Brazil ranked 22 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Brazil at 105.3% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBangladeshBrazil
20254293.3
20244187
202339.784
202237.983.9
202135.688.9
202034.596
20193287.1
201829.684.8
201728.382.8
201627.777.4
201528.271.7
201428.761.6
201328.359.6
201229.161.6
201129.460.6
201029.662.4
20093364.7
200833.961.4
20073563
200635.364.6
200535.667
200436.668
20033771.5
2002–76.1
2001–67.3
2000–62.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshBrazil
202640.597
202740.499.3
202842.8101.3
202945.5103.2
203047.6104.5
203149.4105.3

Each country on its own

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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