Egypt vs Iran

Egypt vs Iran: Government debt

Government debt in 2024: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt and 31.2% of GDP in Iran, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 59.7 percentage points, or 2.91 times that in Iran.

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% of GDP · IMF

Egypt vs Iran: Government debtGovernment debt in 2024: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt and 31.2% of GDP in Iran, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 59.7 percentage points, or 2.91 times that in Iran.
EgyptIranIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP and Iran at 43.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEgyptIran
202490.931.2
202395.929.6
202288.534.5
202189.939.9
202086.247.1
201980.144.6
20188841.6
201797.843.2
201691.646
201583.832.1
201480.910.9
201379.810.2
201269.911.8
201172.810.6
201069.612.8
200969.511.5
200866.810.6
200776.313.5
200685.915.2
200598.318.3
200496.521.1
200397.122
200285.823.4
200179.221
200071.718.2
199972.422.2
199873.829.6
1997–30.9
1996–29.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEgyptIran
202586.835.6
20268439.1
202782.940.2
202881.440.8
20297841.7
20307542.7
203171.543.4

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.

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