Bulgaria vs Greece

Bulgaria vs Greece: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 29.9% of GDP in Bulgaria and 146.6% of GDP in Greece, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 116.8 percentage points, or 4.91 times that in Bulgaria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bulgaria vs Greece: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 29.9% of GDP in Bulgaria and 146.6% of GDP in Greece, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 116.8 percentage points, or 4.91 times that in Bulgaria.
BulgariaGreeceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
  • In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 129 and Greece ranked 2 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bulgaria at 40.9% of GDP and Greece at 111.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBulgariaGreece
202529.9146.6
202423.8155.4
202322.9165.5
202222.5179.2
202123.9197.8
202022.7209.9
201918.4183.7
201820.2189.6
201722.9182.6
201627183.7
201525.4180
201426.3182.8
201317.2180.5
201216.6164.3
201114.3175.1
201014.1147.8
200914.5128.5
200814.7110.9
200717.6104.6
200622.6105.3
200528.5109.9
200437.8105.5
200345.4104.3
200253.4107.9
200167.1110.5
200073.3108.9
199978.7102.8
199867.3100.8
1997–102.6
1996–103.7
1995–100.4
1994–99.7
1993–101.7
1992–81.1
1991–75.7
1990–74.2
1989–60.7
1988–57.9
1987–53.2
1986–47.8
1985–47.3
1984–40.6
1983–34.1
1982–29.7
1981–27.1
1980–22.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBulgariaGreece
202632.9136
202734.6128.7
202836.2124.1
202938.2119.9
203039.8115.3
203140.9111.1

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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