Bangladesh vs Germany

Bangladesh vs Germany: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 62.7% of GDP in Germany, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 20.6 percentage points, or 1.49 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bangladesh vs Germany: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 62.7% of GDP in Germany, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 20.6 percentage points, or 1.49 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshGermanyIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 98 and Germany ranked 51 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Germany at 75.6% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBangladeshGermany
20254262.7
20244161.4
202339.761.8
202237.964.1
202135.667.4
202034.567.5
20193258.4
201829.660.5
201728.363.7
201627.768.1
201528.271
201428.774.4
201328.377.4
201229.179.8
201129.478.5
201029.681
20093372.4
200833.965.2
20073563.7
200635.366.4
200535.667.1
200436.665
20033763.3
2002–59.8
2001–58.1
2000–59.2
1999–60.4
1998–59.4
1997–58.8
1996–57.7
1995–54.9
1994–47.5
1993–45.1
1992–41.4
1991–39
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshGermany
202640.564.6
202740.467
202842.869.3
202945.571.5
203047.673.6
203149.475.6

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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