Iraq vs Tunisia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 52.8% of GDP in Iraq and 81.7% of GDP in Tunisia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 28.9 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Iraq.

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% of GDP · IMF

IraqTunisiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Tunisia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2025, Iraq ranked 76 and Tunisia ranked 31 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iraq at 73.3% of GDP and Tunisia at 88.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Iraq	Tunisia
2025	52.8	81.7
2024	45.7	85.6
2023	42.1	84
2022	39	83
2021	54.7	79.7
2020	72.5	77.7
2019	41.7	67.3
2018	44.4	72.9
2017	55.9	67.1
2016	60.3	58.9
2015	48.3	52.4
2014	27.6	50.7
2013	32	45.6
2012	34.8	49
2011	40.7	43.3
2010	53.5	38.8
2009	87.4	40.3
2008	74.2	41.4
2007	117.1	42.7
2006	143.2	45.7
2005	227.3	50
2004	344.3	51.6
2003	–	52.6
2002	–	51.6
2001	–	52.2
2000	–	62.9
1999	–	61.9
1998	–	58.2
1997	–	66.6
1996	–	66.8
1995	–	65.6
1994	–	63.9
1993	–	63.8
1992	–	62.1
1991	–	63.3

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

Year	Iraq	Tunisia
2026	71.1	86.1
2027	65.2	89.8
2028	62.9	90.9
2029	65.3	90.8
2030	68.7	89.7
2031	73.3	88.7

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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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