Morocco vs Saudi Arabia

Morocco vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 66.6% of GDP in Morocco and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 34.8 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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Morocco vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 66.6% of GDP in Morocco and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 34.8 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in Saudi Arabia.
MoroccoSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Latest figures

% of GDP · IMF

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025Projected
Morocco66.6 202558.443 of 14961.6 2031
Saudi Arabia31.8 20255.5122 of 14948.7 2031

What the numbers say

  • Morocco has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Morocco ranked 43 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Morocco at 61.6% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMoroccoSaudi Arabia
202566.631.8
20246725.9
202368.423
202271.421.3
202169.425.5
202072.329.7
201960.320.3
201860.516.8
201760.316
201660.112.3
201558.45.5
201458.61.5
201357.12.1
201252.33
201148.65.3
201045.38.4
200942.614
20084212.1
200747.117.1
200650.625.8
200554.837.3
200454.462.9
200356.981.6
200259.496.4
200160.493.2
200064.986.7
199963.4103
199864.5101.5
19976876.7
199665.375.2
199572.274.3
199469.367.9
199374.758.6
19926747.8
199159.139.4
199070.5–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMoroccoSaudi Arabia
202666.635.4
202766.237.3
202865.340.2
202963.943.1
203062.645.9
203161.648.7

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time