Israel vs Saudi Arabia

Israel vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 36.1 percentage points, or 2.13 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Israel vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 36.1 percentage points, or 2.13 times that in Saudi Arabia.
IsraelSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Israel ranked 40 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearIsraelSaudi Arabia
202567.931.8
202467.725.9
202361.923
202260.921.3
202168.225.5
202071.429.7
201959.520.3
201860.316.8
201760.116
20166212.3
201563.25.5
201466.11.5
201366.42.1
201267.23
201167.55.3
201069.48.4
20097314
200870.612.1
200771.217.1
200678.125.8
200585.737.3
200488.762.9
200390.181.6
200287.696.4
200181.493.2
200077.586.7
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
YearIsraelSaudi Arabia
202668.835.4
202769.537.3
202870.540.2
202971.243.1
203071.945.9
203172.748.7

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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