Egypt vs Ireland

Egypt vs Ireland: Government debt

Government debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 34.8% of GDP in Ireland in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 52.6 percentage points, or 2.37 times that in Ireland.

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% of GDP · IMF

Egypt vs Ireland: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 34.8% of GDP in Ireland in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 52.6 percentage points, or 2.37 times that in Ireland.
EgyptIrelandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Ireland.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP and Ireland at 24.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEgyptIreland
202586.834.8
202490.938.4
202395.942.1
202288.542.8
202189.952.4
202086.257.1
201980.155.8
20188861.4
201797.865.3
201691.672.7
201583.874.1
201480.9101.5
201379.8117.8
201269.9119
201172.8109.7
201069.686.3
200969.561.8
200866.842.5
200776.324
200685.923.7
200598.326.1
200496.528
200397.129.8
200285.830.9
200179.233.6
200071.736.4
199972.446.6
199873.851.4
1997–61.6
1996–69.8
1995–78.5
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEgyptIreland
20268433.5
202782.930.8
202881.428.7
20297826.9
20307525.3
203171.524.1

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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