Belarus vs Poland: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 31.3% of GDP in Belarus and 59.7% of GDP in Poland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 28.4 percentage points, or 1.91 times that in Belarus.

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% of GDP · IMF

BelarusPolandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Belarus.
In 2025, Belarus ranked 124 and Poland ranked 57 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Belarus at 27% of GDP and Poland at 82% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Belarus	Poland
2025	31.3	59.7
2024	38.7	54.9
2023	40.7	49.5
2022	40.8	48.8
2021	41.2	53
2020	47.5	56.6
2019	41	45.2
2018	47.5	48.2
2017	53.2	50.4
2016	53.5	54.1
2015	53	51.1
2014	38.8	51.1
2013	36.9	56.9
2012	37	54.5
2011	58.2	54.8
2010	36.8	53.8
2009	32.6	49.7
2008	20.3	46.6
2007	15.8	44.4
2006	12.3	47.1
2005	8.1	46.5
2004	9.2	45
2003	–	46.2
2002	–	41.4
2001	–	37
2000	–	36.3
1999	–	39.2
1998	–	38.6
1997	–	42.6
1996	–	43
1995	–	48.6

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Belarus	Poland
2026	31.1	66.6
2027	30.2	70.7
2028	29.5	73.7
2029	28.4	77
2030	27.7	79.8
2031	27	82

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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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