Bolivia vs Brazil

Bolivia vs Brazil: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 83.3% of GDP in Bolivia and 93.3% of GDP in Brazil, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 10 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Bolivia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bolivia vs Brazil: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 83.3% of GDP in Bolivia and 93.3% of GDP in Brazil, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 10 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Bolivia.
BoliviaBrazilIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Bolivia.
  • In 2025, Bolivia ranked 30 and Brazil ranked 22 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bolivia at 82.3% of GDP and Brazil at 105.3% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBoliviaBrazil
202583.393.3
202483.287
202378.384
202269.283.9
202168.788.9
202067.596
201948.987.1
201844.284.8
201741.982.8
201638.277.4
20153471.7
201431.861.6
20133159.6
201230.761.6
201130.560.6
201032.862.4
200934.164.7
200832.461.4
200735.563
200648.664.6
200573.267
200480.668
200385.571.5
200277.276.1
200174.467.3
200066.562.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBoliviaBrazil
2026100.297
202795.199.3
202893101.3
202988.9103.2
203085.3104.5
203182.3105.3

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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