Brazil vs Nigeria

Brazil vs Nigeria: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 57.3 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Brazil vs Nigeria: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 57.3 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Nigeria.
BrazilNigeriaIMF 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 Nigeria ranked 114 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 105.3% of GDP and Nigeria at 31.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBrazilNigeria
202593.336.1
20248739.3
20238436.3
202283.929.8
202188.926.6
20209625.7
201987.121.4
201884.820.4
201782.818
201677.417.4
201571.714.9
201461.615.8
201359.613
201261.612.5
201160.612.4
201062.46.7
200964.76.1
200861.45.2
2007635.8
200664.66.7
20056713.5
20046825.2
200371.529.9
200276.130.7
200167.337.7
200062.240.9
1999–46.1
1998–15.8
1997–17.1
1996–17.9
1995–24.2
1994–39.7
1993–50.4
1992–49.8
1991–53.2
1990–50.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilNigeria
20269734.7
202799.332.8
2028101.332.9
2029103.232.5
2030104.532.2
2031105.331.9

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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