Qatar vs Saudi Arabia

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42.5% of GDP in Qatar and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Qatar, by 10.7 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42.5% of GDP in Qatar and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Qatar, by 10.7 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Saudi Arabia.
QatarSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Qatar has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Qatar ranked 96 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Qatar at 35.7% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearQatarSaudi Arabia
202542.531.8
202441.425.9
202342.823
202242.621.3
202158.425.5
202072.629.7
201962.120.3
201852.216.8
201751.616
201646.712.3
201535.65.5
201424.91.5
201330.92.1
201232.13
201133.55.3
201030.48.4
20093614
200811.412.1
20079.417.1
20061425.8
200519.137.3
200430.162.9
200338.881.6
200247.796.4
200159.293.2
200051.686.7
199981.9103
199876.6101.5
199754.476.7
199657.875.2
199550.274.3
199454.867.9
199346.358.6
199219.947.8
199121.839.4
199012.6–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearQatarSaudi Arabia
202646.435.4
202739.537.3
202837.640.2
202936.843.1
20303645.9
203135.748.7

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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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