Bangladesh vs United Kingdom

Bangladesh vs United Kingdom: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 60.1 percentage points, or 2.43 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bangladesh vs United Kingdom: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 60.1 percentage points, or 2.43 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshUnited KingdomIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Bangladesh.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 98 and United Kingdom ranked 12 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and United Kingdom at 100.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBangladeshUnited Kingdom
202542102.1
20244199.4
202339.798.3
202237.997.1
202135.6103
202034.5104.4
20193284.5
201829.685.3
201728.385.9
201627.787.2
201528.287.3
201428.786.4
201328.384.8
201229.184
201129.481
201029.675.5
20093364.6
200833.950.7
20073543.1
200635.342.1
200535.641
200436.639.8
20033736.8
2002–35.5
2001–35
2000–37.7
1999–40.5
1998–42
1997–44.1
1996–43.7
1995–43.7
1994–40.8
1993–38
1992–33.3
1991–28.5
1990–28.5
1989–32.6
1988–37.1
1987–39.3
1986–41.4
1985–41.4
1984–42.3
1983–41.9
1982–43.1
1981–44.9
1980–42.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshUnited Kingdom
202640.5102
202740.4102.5
202842.8102.3
202945.5101.6
203047.6100.9
203149.4100.2

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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