Israel vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 34 percentage points, or 2 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of GDP · IMF

IsraelUnited Arab EmiratesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2025, Israel ranked 40 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Israel	United Arab Emirates
2025	67.9	33.9
2024	67.7	33.2
2023	61.9	31.9
2022	60.9	31.5
2021	68.2	35.7
2020	71.4	30.1
2019	59.5	25.8
2018	60.3	20.7
2017	60.1	21.2
2016	62	18.6
2015	63.2	15.6
2014	66.1	13.5
2013	66.4	15.3
2012	67.2	20.2
2011	67.5	20.4
2010	69.4	18.3
2009	73	21.1
2008	70.6	8.9
2007	71.2	8.9
2006	78.1	5.1
2005	85.7	4.5
2004	88.7	4.1
2003	90.1	3.3
2002	87.6	3.4
2001	81.4	2.7
2000	77.5	3.1
1999	–	4.7

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

Year	Israel	United Arab Emirates
2026	68.8	32.8
2027	69.5	30.8
2028	70.5	29
2029	71.2	27.4
2030	71.9	27
2031	72.7	26.1

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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Deaths in conflictsIsrael: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022