Azerbaijan

Government debt in Azerbaijan

Government debt in Azerbaijan: 19.2% of GDP in 1995 and 20.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
20.1% of GDP
Since 1995
+0.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
141 of 149
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
16.7% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
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% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in AzerbaijanGovernment debt in Azerbaijan: 19.2% of GDP in 1995 and 20.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 16.7% 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 16.7% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 26.4% of GDP in 2021, the lowest 3.2% of GDP in 2008.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAzerbaijan
202520.1
202421.6
202321.8
202217.3
202126.4
202021.3
201917.7
201818.7
201722.5
201620.6
201518
20148.5
20136.2
20125.8
20115
20105
20094.7
20083.2
20074
20065.3
20056.9
20049.7
200310.7
200211.9
200113
200013.1
199925.4
199814.3
199711.4
199616.7
199519.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAzerbaijan
202616.5
202716.4
202816.5
202916.5
203016.6
203116.7

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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