Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia

Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.9% of GDP in Indonesia and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 9.1 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.9% of GDP in Indonesia and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 9.1 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Saudi Arabia.
IndonesiaSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Indonesia has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Indonesia ranked 101 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Indonesia at 41.6% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearIndonesiaSaudi Arabia
202540.931.8
202440.225.9
202339.623
202240.121.3
202141.125.5
202039.829.7
201930.620.3
201830.416.8
201729.416
20162812.3
2015275.5
201424.61.5
201324.92.1
2012233
201123.15.3
201026.48.4
200926.514
200830.312.1
200738.117.1
200635.925.8
200542.637.3
200451.362.9
200355.681.6
200262.396.4
200173.793.2
200087.486.7
1999–103
1998–101.5
1997–76.7
1996–75.2
1995–74.3
1994–67.9
1993–58.6
1992–47.8
1991–39.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIndonesiaSaudi Arabia
202641.735.4
202741.637.3
202841.440.2
202941.543.1
203041.645.9
203141.648.7

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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