Brazil vs Guyana

Brazil vs Guyana: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 28.9% of GDP in Guyana, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 64.4 percentage points, or 3.23 times that in Guyana.

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% of GDP · IMF

Brazil vs Guyana: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 28.9% of GDP in Guyana, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 64.4 percentage points, or 3.23 times that in Guyana.
BrazilGuyanaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Guyana.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 22 and Guyana ranked 130 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 105.3% of GDP and Guyana at 28.3% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBrazilGuyana
202593.328.9
20248724.3
20238426.7
202283.924.8
202188.938.9
20209647.4
201987.134.2
201884.837.5
201782.835.2
201677.435.7
201571.742.2
201461.638.7
201359.641.4
201261.644.7
201160.651.7
201062.453.1
200964.752.3
200861.448.3
20076347.7
200664.674.5
20056790.7
20046891.8
200371.595.6
200276.1105.1
200167.3104.6
200062.297.2
1999–97.1
1998–108
1997–101.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilGuyana
20269725.3
202799.326
2028101.327.1
2029103.227.9
2030104.528.5
2031105.328.3

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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