Belgium vs Saudi Arabia

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 107.9% of GDP in Belgium and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 76.1 percentage points, or 3.39 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 107.9% of GDP in Belgium and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 76.1 percentage points, or 3.39 times that in Saudi Arabia.
BelgiumSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 9 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Belgium at 122.1% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBelgiumSaudi Arabia
2025107.931.8
2024103.925.9
2023102.523
2022103.321.3
2021108.725.5
2020111.429.7
201997.720.3
2018100.116.8
2017102.516
2016105.512.3
2015105.65.5
2014106.61.5
20131052.1
2012104.33
2011102.75.3
2010100.28.4
200999.914
200893.212.1
200787.317.1
200691.525.8
200595.137.3
200497.262.9
2003101.781.6
2002105.496.4
2001108.293.2
2000109.686.7
1999115.4103
1998119.2101.5
1997124.376.7
199612975.2
1995131.374.3
1994137.167.9
1993138.958.6
1992134.747.8
1991131.839.4
1990130.3–
1989126.4–
1988129.7–
1987129.2–
1986124.7–
1985119.4–
1984114.6–
1983110.3–
198299.6–
198189.7–
198076.8–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBelgiumSaudi Arabia
2026109.835.4
2027111.637.3
2028114.140.2
2029116.443.1
2030119.345.9
2031122.148.7

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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