Brazil vs Sudan

Brazil vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 102.4 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Brazil.

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% of GDP · IMF

Brazil vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 102.4 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Brazil.
BrazilSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Brazil.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 105.3% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBrazilSudan
202593.3204.4
202487282.3
202384286.9
202283.9189
202188.9191.3
202096278.8
201987.1216.5
201884.8209.8
201782.8149.5
201677.4109.9
201571.793.2
201461.684.4
201359.6105.8
201261.6117.7
201160.678.1
201062.474.6
200964.771
200861.455.8
20076353.7
200664.663.7
20056775.5
20046897.8
200371.5117.4
200276.1121.7
200167.3125.6
200062.2143.2
1999–160.5
1998–179.7
1997–167.7
1996–220.9
1995–239
1994–386.5
1993–285.9
1992–495.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilSudan
202697334.4
202799.3274.1
2028101.3235.5
2029103.2225.2
2030104.5212
2031105.3192.2

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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