Brazil vs Mexico: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 61.7% of GDP in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 31.7 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in Mexico.

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% of GDP · IMF

BrazilMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2025, Brazil ranked 22 and Mexico ranked 52 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 105.3% of GDP and Mexico at 64.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Brazil	Mexico
2025	93.3	61.7
2024	87	59
2023	84	52.7
2022	83.9	53.8
2021	88.9	56.7
2020	96	58.5
2019	87.1	51.9
2018	84.8	52.2
2017	82.8	52.5
2016	77.4	55
2015	71.7	51
2014	61.6	47.1
2013	59.6	44.1
2012	61.6	40.8
2011	60.6	41.2
2010	62.4	40.2
2009	64.7	41.7
2008	61.4	40.6
2007	63	35.5
2006	64.6	35.8
2005	67	36.8
2004	68	38.9
2003	71.5	42.1
2002	76.1	39.9
2001	67.3	37.3
2000	62.2	38.5
1999	–	41.7
1998	–	39.7
1997	–	39.1
1996	–	42.5

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

Year	Brazil	Mexico
2026	97	62.1
2027	99.3	62.9
2028	101.3	63.4
2029	103.2	64
2030	104.5	64.3
2031	105.3	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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