Egypt vs United Kingdom

Egypt vs United Kingdom: Government debt

Government debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 8.4 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Egypt.

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% of GDP · IMF

Egypt vs United Kingdom: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 8.4 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Egypt.
EgyptUnited KingdomIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Egypt.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP and United Kingdom at 100.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEgyptUnited Kingdom
202586.8102.1
202490.999.4
202395.998.3
202288.597.1
202189.9103
202086.2104.4
201980.184.5
20188885.3
201797.885.9
201691.687.2
201583.887.3
201480.986.4
201379.884.8
201269.984
201172.881
201069.675.5
200969.564.6
200866.850.7
200776.343.1
200685.942.1
200598.341
200496.539.8
200397.136.8
200285.835.5
200179.235
200071.737.7
199972.440.5
199873.842
1997–44.1
1996–43.7
1995–43.7
1994–40.8
1993–38
1992–33.3
1991–28.5
1990–28.5
1989–32.6
1988–37.1
1987–39.3
1986–41.4
1985–41.4
1984–42.3
1983–41.9
1982–43.1
1981–44.9
1980–42.7
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEgyptUnited Kingdom
202684102
202782.9102.5
202881.4102.3
202978101.6
203075100.9
203171.5100.2

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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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