Bangladesh vs Egypt
Bangladesh vs Egypt: Government debt
Government debt: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh in 2025 and 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 50 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Bangladesh.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Egypt at 71.5% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Bangladesh | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 86.8 |
| 2024 | 41 | 90.9 |
| 2023 | 39.7 | 95.9 |
| 2022 | 37.9 | 88.5 |
| 2021 | 35.6 | 89.9 |
| 2020 | 34.5 | 86.2 |
| 2019 | 32 | 80.1 |
| 2018 | 29.6 | 88 |
| 2017 | 28.3 | 97.8 |
| 2016 | 27.7 | 91.6 |
| 2015 | 28.2 | 83.8 |
| 2014 | 28.7 | 80.9 |
| 2013 | 28.3 | 79.8 |
| 2012 | 29.1 | 69.9 |
| 2011 | 29.4 | 72.8 |
| 2010 | 29.6 | 69.6 |
| 2009 | 33 | 69.5 |
| 2008 | 33.9 | 66.8 |
| 2007 | 35 | 76.3 |
| 2006 | 35.3 | 85.9 |
| 2005 | 35.6 | 98.3 |
| 2004 | 36.6 | 96.5 |
| 2003 | 37 | 97.1 |
| 2002 | – | 85.8 |
| 2001 | – | 79.2 |
| 2000 | – | 71.7 |
| 1999 | – | 72.4 |
| 1998 | – | 73.8 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Bangladesh | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40.5 | 84 |
| 2027 | 40.4 | 82.9 |
| 2028 | 42.8 | 81.4 |
| 2029 | 45.5 | 78 |
| 2030 | 47.6 | 75 |
| 2031 | 49.4 | 71.5 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Egypt: $2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Egypt: 836,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024