Brazil vs Netherlands

Brazil vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 48.6 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · IMF

Brazil vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 48.6 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in Netherlands.
BrazilNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 22 and Netherlands ranked 93 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 105.3% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBrazilNetherlands
202593.344.7
20248744
20238445.9
202283.948.4
202188.950.5
20209653.4
201987.147.7
201884.851.6
201782.856
201677.460.9
201571.763.8
201461.667.2
201359.667.2
201261.665.7
201160.661.2
201062.458.9
200964.756.3
200861.454.4
20076342.7
200664.645
20056749.6
20046850.1
200371.549.8
200276.148.7
200167.349.4
200062.252.2
1999–58.6
1998–62.7
1997–65.7
1996–71.3
1995–73
1994–73.5
1993–76.7
1992–75.6
1991–74.8
1990–75
1989–73.7
1988–73.7
1987–71.3
1986–69
1985–67.1
1984–61.9
1983–58.4
1982–52.4
1981–46.9
1980–43.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilNetherlands
20269745.4
202799.345.7
2028101.345.8
2029103.246.3
2030104.547.1
2031105.348

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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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