Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.9% of GDP in Indonesia and 51.6% of GDP in Papua New Guinea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 10.7 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Indonesia.

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% of GDP · IMF

IndonesiaPapua New GuineaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Papua New Guinea has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Indonesia.
In 2025, Indonesia ranked 101 and Papua New Guinea ranked 80 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Indonesia at 41.6% of GDP and Papua New Guinea at 31.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
2025	40.9	51.6
2024	40.2	53.3
2023	39.6	54.8
2022	40.1	49.2
2021	41.1	53.8
2020	39.8	48.7
2019	30.6	38.2
2018	30.4	36.7
2017	29.4	32.5
2016	28	33.7
2015	27	29.9
2014	24.6	26.9
2013	24.9	24.9
2012	23	19.1
2011	23.1	16.3
2010	26.4	17.3
2009	26.5	21.7
2008	30.3	21.6
2007	38.1	22.2
2006	35.9	26
2005	42.6	31.6
2004	51.3	37.2
2003	55.6	40.4
2002	62.3	48.4
2001	73.7	47.7
2000	87.4	42.3
1999	–	41.8
1998	–	45.7
1997	–	43.9
1996	–	37.8
1995	–	36.6
1994	–	40.1

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
2026	41.7	46.8
2027	41.6	42
2028	41.4	39.1
2029	41.5	36.6
2030	41.6	34.2
2031	41.6	31.9

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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Deaths in conflictsIndonesia: 46 deaths in 2022Papua New Guinea: 96 deaths in 2022