Myanmar (Burma) vs Spain

Myanmar (Burma) vs Spain: Government debt

Government debt: 37.6% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2019 and 100.5% of GDP in Spain in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Spain, by 59.9 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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% of GDP · IMF

Myanmar (Burma) vs Spain: Government debtGovernment debt: 37.6% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2019 and 100.5% of GDP in Spain in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Spain, by 59.9 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
Myanmar (Burma)SpainIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Myanmar (Burma) at 56% of GDP and Spain at 89.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMyanmar (Burma)Spain
202552100.5
202450.7101.4
202353.2105.2
202256109.2
202163.4115.6
202049.1119.2
201937.697.6
201839.999.7
201741.9101.1
201635.7102
201536.6102.4
201434.5104.4
201344.9100
20124889.6
201149.969.5
201054.460.3
200956.453.1
200859.839.6
200777.435.7
2006103.139
200511942.4
2004126.645.3
200314647.7
2002190.651.2
200126254.1
2000164.557.8
1999150.760.9
1998208.662.4
1997–64.3
1996–65.4
1995–61.6
1994–57
1993–54.6
1992–44.1
1991–41.9
1990–41.3
1989–39.9
1988–38.5
1987–41.9
1986–42.1
1985–40.9
1984–36
1983–29.5
1982–24.4
1981–19.5
1980–16.1
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMyanmar (Burma)Spain
202653.397.6
202754.695.2
202855.393.2
202955.392
203055.790.7
20315689.4

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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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