Iran vs Singapore: Government debt

Government debt in 2024: 31.2% of GDP in Iran and 165.8% of GDP in Singapore, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Singapore, by 134.6 percentage points, or 5.31 times that in Iran.

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% of GDP · IMF

IranSingaporeIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 43.4% of GDP and Singapore at 169.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Iran	Singapore
2024	31.2	165.8
2023	29.6	170.4
2022	34.5	153.3
2021	39.9	139.9
2020	47.1	147.1
2019	44.6	127.7
2018	41.6	109.2
2017	43.2	107.3
2016	46	105.9
2015	32.1	102.1
2014	10.9	97.8
2013	10.2	98.2
2012	11.8	106.7
2011	10.6	103.1
2010	12.8	98.7
2009	11.5	101.7
2008	10.6	97.9
2007	13.5	87.8
2006	15.2	86.5
2005	18.3	92.7
2004	21.1	95.7
2003	22	99.1
2002	23.4	96.3
2001	21	94.5
2000	18.2	82.3
1999	22.2	85.3
1998	29.6	84.7
1997	30.9	70.8
1996	29.3	71.3
1995	–	69.8
1994	–	70.7
1993	–	71.2
1992	–	79
1991	–	76.4
1990	–	73.5

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031

Year	Iran	Singapore
2025	35.6	165.7
2026	39.1	166.4
2027	40.2	167.1
2028	40.8	167.9
2029	41.7	168.5
2030	42.7	169
2031	43.4	169.2

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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Iran vs Singapore: Government debt

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