Guatemala vs Haiti

Guatemala vs Haiti: Government debt

Government debt: 26.7% of GDP in Guatemala in 2025 and 15.1% of GDP in Haiti in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 11.2 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Haiti.

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% of GDP · IMF

Guatemala vs Haiti: Government debtGovernment debt: 26.7% of GDP in Guatemala in 2025 and 15.1% of GDP in Haiti in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 11.2 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Haiti.
GuatemalaHaitiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Guatemala has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Haiti.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Guatemala at 30.6% of GDP and Haiti at 10.3% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearGuatemalaHaiti
202526.712.4
202426.315.1
202327.227.9
20222929.2
202130.628.4
202031.522.3
201926.426.5
201826.424.1
201725.122.5
201624.924.4
201524.823.9
201424.721.4
20132525.1
201224.624.1
201123.822.3
20102424.9
200922.819.4
200819.633.9
200720.824.4
200620.932.2
20052029.7
200420.630.5
200319.837.8
200217.432
200119.128.8
20001832.5
1999–24.2
1998–24
1997–26.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGuatemalaHaiti
202627.510.5
202728.49.4
202829.29.3
202929.79.5
203030.29.9
203130.610.3

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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