Egypt vs Syria

Egypt vs Syria: Government debt

Government debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 31.2% of GDP in Syria in 2009, by IMF estimates. In 2009 the value was higher in Egypt, by 38.2 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in Syria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Egypt vs Syria: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 31.2% of GDP in Syria in 2009, by IMF estimates. In 2009 the value was higher in Egypt, by 38.2 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in Syria.
EgyptSyriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Syria.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP in 2031.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Syria at 30% of GDP in 2010.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEgyptSyria
202490.9–
202395.9–
202288.5–
202189.9–
202086.2–
201980.1–
201888–
201797.8–
201691.6–
201583.8–
201480.9–
201379.8–
201269.9–
201172.8–
201069.630
200969.531.2
200866.837.3
200776.342.7
200685.945
200598.350.7
200496.5113
200397.1133.4
200285.8132.4
200179.2144.5
200071.7152.1
199972.4147.7
199873.8151.2
1997–147.6
1996–141.5
1995–152.6
1994–163
1993–171.9
1992–173.6
1991–182.4
1990–189.8
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEgyptSyria
202586.8–
202684–
202782.9–
202881.4–
202978–
203075–
203171.5–

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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