Poland vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 59.7% of GDP in Poland and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 25.8 percentage points, or 1.76 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of GDP · IMF

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

What the numbers say

Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
In 2025, Poland ranked 57 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Poland at 82% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Poland	United Arab Emirates
2025	59.7	33.9
2024	54.9	33.2
2023	49.5	31.9
2022	48.8	31.5
2021	53	35.7
2020	56.6	30.1
2019	45.2	25.8
2018	48.2	20.7
2017	50.4	21.2
2016	54.1	18.6
2015	51.1	15.6
2014	51.1	13.5
2013	56.9	15.3
2012	54.5	20.2
2011	54.8	20.4
2010	53.8	18.3
2009	49.7	21.1
2008	46.6	8.9
2007	44.4	8.9
2006	47.1	5.1
2005	46.5	4.5
2004	45	4.1
2003	46.2	3.3
2002	41.4	3.4
2001	37	2.7
2000	36.3	3.1
1999	39.2	4.7
1998	38.6	–
1997	42.6	–
1996	43	–
1995	48.6	–

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

Year	Poland	United Arab Emirates
2026	66.6	32.8
2027	70.7	30.8
2028	73.7	29
2029	77	27.4
2030	79.8	27
2031	82	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 conflictsPoland: 2 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022