Antigua & Barbuda

Government debt in Antigua & Barbuda

Government debt in Antigua & Barbuda: 94.1% of GDP in 1990 and 70.2% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
70.2% of GDP
Since 1990
−23.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
38 of 149
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
59.4% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
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% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in Antigua & BarbudaGovernment debt in Antigua & Barbuda: 94.1% of GDP in 1990 and 70.2% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 59.4% of GDP in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 59.4% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 114.5% of GDP in 2002, the lowest 66.8% of GDP in 2008.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAntigua & Barbuda
202570.2
202471.6
202374.5
202282.5
202193
2020100.5
201981.6
201884.3
201788.2
201683.1
201592.1
201491.9
201385.4
201276.9
201181.1
201079.4
200989.2
200866.8
200768.7
200679.1
200582.8
2004107.7
2003113
2002114.5
2001107.6
200096.4
199995.9
199894.6
199780.7
199685.5
199592.1
199484.5
199385.3
199290.8
199194.6
199094.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAntigua & Barbuda
202666.8
202765.8
202864.7
202963.1
203061.4
203159.4

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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