Bolivia vs Mexico: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 83.3% of GDP in Bolivia and 61.7% of GDP in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 21.6 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Mexico.

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% of GDP · IMF

BoliviaMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Bolivia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Mexico.
In 2025, Bolivia ranked 30 and Mexico ranked 52 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bolivia at 82.3% of GDP and Mexico at 64.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Bolivia	Mexico
2025	83.3	61.7
2024	83.2	59
2023	78.3	52.7
2022	69.2	53.8
2021	68.7	56.7
2020	67.5	58.5
2019	48.9	51.9
2018	44.2	52.2
2017	41.9	52.5
2016	38.2	55
2015	34	51
2014	31.8	47.1
2013	31	44.1
2012	30.7	40.8
2011	30.5	41.2
2010	32.8	40.2
2009	34.1	41.7
2008	32.4	40.6
2007	35.5	35.5
2006	48.6	35.8
2005	73.2	36.8
2004	80.6	38.9
2003	85.5	42.1
2002	77.2	39.9
2001	74.4	37.3
2000	66.5	38.5
1999	–	41.7
1998	–	39.7
1997	–	39.1
1996	–	42.5

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

Year	Bolivia	Mexico
2026	100.2	62.1
2027	95.1	62.9
2028	93	63.4
2029	88.9	64
2030	85.3	64.3
2031	82.3	64.5

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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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