Spain vs United Kingdom

Spain vs United Kingdom: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 100.5% of GDP in Spain and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Spain.

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% of GDP · IMF

Spain vs United Kingdom: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 100.5% of GDP in Spain and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Spain.
SpainUnited KingdomIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Spain.
  • In 2025, Spain ranked 14 and United Kingdom ranked 12 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Spain at 89.4% of GDP and United Kingdom at 100.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearSpainUnited Kingdom
2025100.5102.1
2024101.499.4
2023105.298.3
2022109.297.1
2021115.6103
2020119.2104.4
201997.684.5
201899.785.3
2017101.185.9
201610287.2
2015102.487.3
2014104.486.4
201310084.8
201289.684
201169.581
201060.375.5
200953.164.6
200839.650.7
200735.743.1
20063942.1
200542.441
200445.339.8
200347.736.8
200251.235.5
200154.135
200057.837.7
199960.940.5
199862.442
199764.344.1
199665.443.7
199561.643.7
19945740.8
199354.638
199244.133.3
199141.928.5
199041.328.5
198939.932.6
198838.537.1
198741.939.3
198642.141.4
198540.941.4
19843642.3
198329.541.9
198224.443.1
198119.544.9
198016.142.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSpainUnited Kingdom
202697.6102
202795.2102.5
202893.2102.3
202992101.6
203090.7100.9
203189.4100.2

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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