Mexico vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 61.7% of GDP in Mexico and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 27.8 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of GDP · IMF

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

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
In 2025, Mexico ranked 52 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mexico at 64.5% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Mexico	United Arab Emirates
2025	61.7	33.9
2024	59	33.2
2023	52.7	31.9
2022	53.8	31.5
2021	56.7	35.7
2020	58.5	30.1
2019	51.9	25.8
2018	52.2	20.7
2017	52.5	21.2
2016	55	18.6
2015	51	15.6
2014	47.1	13.5
2013	44.1	15.3
2012	40.8	20.2
2011	41.2	20.4
2010	40.2	18.3
2009	41.7	21.1
2008	40.6	8.9
2007	35.5	8.9
2006	35.8	5.1
2005	36.8	4.5
2004	38.9	4.1
2003	42.1	3.3
2002	39.9	3.4
2001	37.3	2.7
2000	38.5	3.1
1999	41.7	4.7
1998	39.7	–
1997	39.1	–
1996	42.5	–

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

Year	Mexico	United Arab Emirates
2026	62.1	32.8
2027	62.9	30.8
2028	63.4	29
2029	64	27.4
2030	64.3	27
2031	64.5	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 conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022