Belarus vs Latvia

Belarus vs Latvia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 31.3% of GDP in Belarus and 46.9% of GDP in Latvia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Latvia, by 15.6 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Belarus.

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% of GDP · IMF

Belarus vs Latvia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 31.3% of GDP in Belarus and 46.9% of GDP in Latvia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Latvia, by 15.6 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Belarus.
BelarusLatviaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Latvia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Belarus.
  • In 2025, Belarus ranked 124 and Latvia ranked 88 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Belarus at 27% of GDP and Latvia at 54.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBelarusLatvia
202531.346.9
202438.746.3
202340.744.4
202240.844.4
202141.245.9
202047.544
20194137.9
201847.538.3
201753.240.3
201653.541.7
20155338.3
201438.843.1
201336.941.8
20123744.4
201158.246.8
201036.848.2
200932.637.6
200820.319.3
200715.89
200612.310.7
20058.112.5
20049.215.3
2003–15.4
2002–15.4
2001–17.8
2000–15.1
1999–14.8
1998–9.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBelarusLatvia
202631.147
202730.248.6
202829.550.3
202928.451.8
203027.753.4
20312754.9

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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