Israel vs Sudan

Israel vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 67.9% of GDP in Israel in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 123.1 percentage points, or 2.81 times that in Israel.

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% of GDP · IMF

Israel vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 67.9% of GDP in Israel in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 123.1 percentage points, or 2.81 times that in Israel.
IsraelSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Israel.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearIsraelSudan
202567.9204.4
202467.7282.3
202361.9286.9
202260.9189
202168.2191.3
202071.4278.8
201959.5216.5
201860.3209.8
201760.1149.5
201662109.9
201563.293.2
201466.184.4
201366.4105.8
201267.2117.7
201167.578.1
201069.474.6
20097371
200870.655.8
200771.253.7
200678.163.7
200585.775.5
200488.797.8
200390.1117.4
200287.6121.7
200181.4125.6
200077.5143.2
1999–160.5
1998–179.7
1997–167.7
1996–220.9
1995–239
1994–386.5
1993–285.9
1992–495.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIsraelSudan
202668.8334.4
202769.5274.1
202870.5235.5
202971.2225.2
203071.9212
203172.7192.2

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.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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