Chile vs Dominican Republic

Chile vs Dominican Republic: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 41.5% of GDP in Chile and 59% of GDP in Dominican Republic, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 17.5 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Chile.

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% of GDP · IMF

Chile vs Dominican Republic: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 41.5% of GDP in Chile and 59% of GDP in Dominican Republic, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 17.5 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Chile.
ChileDominican RepublicIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Dominican Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
  • In 2025, Chile ranked 100 and Dominican Republic ranked 61 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chile at 49% of GDP and Dominican Republic at 50.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearChileDominican Republic
202541.559
202441.858.8
202339.460.5
202237.959.6
202136.462.8
202032.471.8
201928.353.5
201825.850.8
201723.749.5
201621.146.7
201517.444.8
20141545
201312.846.8
201211.942.4
201111.139.1
20108.637.4
20095.836.8
20084.933.6
20073.932.9
2006536
2005738.3
200410.334.4
200312.648.2
20021521.5
200114.420.4
200013.216.7
199913.316
199812.113.3
199712.813.9
199614.6–
199517.3–
199422.6–
199328.1–
199230.5–
199137.1–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearChileDominican Republic
202642.857.2
202744.555.3
20284654.3
202947.253.4
203048.152.3
20314950.4

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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