Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia

Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 72.8% of GDP in Pakistan and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 41 percentage points, or 2.29 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 72.8% of GDP in Pakistan and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 41 percentage points, or 2.29 times that in Saudi Arabia.
PakistanSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Pakistan ranked 35 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Pakistan at 57.4% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearPakistanSaudi Arabia
202572.831.8
202470.325.9
202378.523
202277.321.3
202174.825.5
202080.829.7
201978.720.3
201866.316.8
201762.116
201662.112.3
201559.15.5
201458.81.5
201359.22.1
201258.43
201156.25.3
201056.78.4
200954.614
200849.512.1
200744.217.1
200646.225.8
200547.937.3
200450.662.9
200356.381.6
200260.596.4
200165.293.2
200061.786.7
199960.7103
199853.8101.5
199752.876.7
199652.575.2
199552.374.3
199458.567.9
1993–58.6
1992–47.8
1991–39.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearPakistanSaudi Arabia
202669.935.4
202767.737.3
202864.540.2
202961.343.1
203059.645.9
203157.448.7

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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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