Thailand vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt

Government debt: 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024 and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 29.7 percentage points, or 1.89 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of GDP · IMF

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

What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Thailand at 69.8% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Thailand	United Arab Emirates
2025	64.7	33.9
2024	62.9	33.2
2023	62.2	31.9
2022	60.6	31.5
2021	58.4	35.7
2020	49.4	30.1
2019	41.1	25.8
2018	41.9	20.7
2017	41.8	21.2
2016	41.7	18.6
2015	42.6	15.6
2014	43.3	13.5
2013	42.2	15.3
2012	41.9	20.2
2011	39.1	20.4
2010	39.8	18.3
2009	42.4	21.1
2008	35	8.9
2007	36	8.9
2006	39.2	5.1
2005	45.5	4.5
2004	46.3	4.1
2003	47.5	3.3
2002	54.9	3.4
2001	57.5	2.7
2000	57.8	3.1
1999	56.6	4.7
1998	49.9	–
1997	40.5	–
1996	15.2	–

12.3Projected

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

Year	Thailand	United Arab Emirates
2026	67.2	32.8
2027	68.5	30.8
2028	69.1	29
2029	69.4	27.4
2030	69.6	27
2031	69.8	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time