Sudan vs Netherlands

Sudan vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt: 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 140.8 percentage points, or 3.79 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · IMF

Sudan vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt: 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 140.8 percentage points, or 3.79 times that in Netherlands.
SudanNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 192.2% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearSudanNetherlands
2025204.444.7
2024282.344
2023286.945.9
202218948.4
2021191.350.5
2020278.853.4
2019216.547.7
2018209.851.6
2017149.556
2016109.960.9
201593.263.8
201484.467.2
2013105.867.2
2012117.765.7
201178.161.2
201074.658.9
20097156.3
200855.854.4
200753.742.7
200663.745
200575.549.6
200497.850.1
2003117.449.8
2002121.748.7
2001125.649.4
2000143.252.2
1999160.558.6
1998179.762.7
1997167.765.7
1996220.971.3
199523973
1994386.573.5
1993285.976.7
1992495.275.6
1991–74.8
1990–75
1989–73.7
1988–73.7
1987–71.3
1986–69
1985–67.1
1984–61.9
1983–58.4
1982–52.4
1981–46.9
1980–43.6
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSudanNetherlands
2026334.445.4
2027274.145.7
2028235.545.8
2029225.246.3
203021247.1
2031192.248

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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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