Nigeria vs Pakistan

Nigeria vs Pakistan: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria and 72.8% of GDP in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 36.7 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Nigeria vs Pakistan: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria and 72.8% of GDP in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 36.7 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Nigeria.
NigeriaPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
  • In 2025, Nigeria ranked 114 and Pakistan ranked 35 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Nigeria at 31.9% of GDP and Pakistan at 57.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearNigeriaPakistan
202536.172.8
202439.370.3
202336.378.5
202229.877.3
202126.674.8
202025.780.8
201921.478.7
201820.466.3
20171862.1
201617.462.1
201514.959.1
201415.858.8
20131359.2
201212.558.4
201112.456.2
20106.756.7
20096.154.6
20085.249.5
20075.844.2
20066.746.2
200513.547.9
200425.250.6
200329.956.3
200230.760.5
200137.765.2
200040.961.7
199946.160.7
199815.853.8
199717.152.8
199617.952.5
199524.252.3
199439.758.5
199350.4–
199249.8–
199153.2–
199050.9–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigeriaPakistan
202634.769.9
202732.867.7
202832.964.5
202932.561.3
203032.259.6
203131.957.4

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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