Russia vs Spain

Russia vs Spain: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 16.6% of GDP in Russia and 100.5% of GDP in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 83.9 percentage points, or 6.06 times that in Russia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Russia vs Spain: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 16.6% of GDP in Russia and 100.5% of GDP in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 83.9 percentage points, or 6.06 times that in Russia.
RussiaSpainIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Russia.
  • In 2025, Russia ranked 144 and Spain ranked 14 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Russia at 30.7% of GDP and Spain at 89.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearRussiaSpain
202516.6100.5
202414.8101.4
202315.2105.2
202215.1109.2
202116.5115.6
202019.2119.2
201913.897.6
201813.699.7
201714.3101.1
201614.9102
201515.3102.4
201415.1104.4
201312.4100
201211.289.6
201110.369.5
201010.160.3
20099.953.1
20087.439.6
2007835.7
20069.839
200514.942.4
200420.845.3
200328.347.7
200237.651.2
200144.454.1
200055.957.8
199992.460.9
1998135.262.4
199751.564.3
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
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearRussiaSpain
202619.397.6
202722.295.2
202824.893.2
202927.292
203029.190.7
203130.789.4

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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