Bangladesh vs Japan

Bangladesh vs Japan: Government debt

Government debt: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh in 2025 and 213.6% of GDP in Japan in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 172.6 percentage points, or 5.21 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bangladesh vs Japan: Government debtGovernment debt: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh in 2025 and 213.6% of GDP in Japan in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 172.6 percentage points, or 5.21 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshJapanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Japan 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 Japan at 188.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBangladeshJapan
202542204.8
202441213.6
202339.7220.1
202237.9228
202135.6222.6
202034.5228.8
201932206.3
201829.6203.7
201728.3203.1
201627.7202.1
201528.2200.1
201428.7203.6
201328.3201.2
201229.1197.1
201129.4190.6
201029.6178.6
200933172.9
200833.9153.6
200735150.4
200635.3152.1
200535.6153.4
200436.6148.8
200337140.2
2002–134.6
2001–126.8
2000–118.5
1999–113.5
1998–101.6
1997–91.3
1996–85.3
1995–80.7
1994–73.3
1993–63.2
1992–57.9
1991–54.1
1990–54.8
1989–56.9
1988–62.4
1987–65.8
1986–64.2
1985–59.2
1984–56.9
1983–55.1
1982–50.1
1981–45.8
1980–41.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshJapan
202640.5199.4
202740.4196.4
202842.8193.8
202945.5191.5
203047.6190.1
203149.4188.9

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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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