Egypt vs Libya

Egypt vs Libya: Government debt

Government debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 153.8% of GDP in Libya in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Libya, by 24.4 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Egypt.

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% of GDP · IMF

Egypt vs Libya: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 153.8% of GDP in Libya in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Libya, by 24.4 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Egypt.
EgyptLibyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Libya has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Egypt.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP and Libya at 174.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEgyptLibya
202586.8153.8
202490.9115.3
202395.991.6
202288.577.6
202189.998.4
202086.2238
201980.1110.3
20188895.9
201797.891.8
201691.689.5
201583.869.4
201480.960.2
201379.825.9
201269.92.7
201172.84.2
201069.612
200969.51.4
200866.82.5
200776.33.4
200685.92.7
200598.33.2
200496.54
200397.126.3
200285.834
200179.241.8
200071.742.4
199972.455.3
199873.867.7
1997–63.6
1996–67.2
1995–59.7
1994–61.4
1993–64.3
1992–62.8
1991–64.9
1990–71.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEgyptLibya
202684125.2
202782.9132.1
202881.4149.2
202978158.6
203075166.5
203171.5174.4

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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