Belarus
Government debt in Belarus
Government debt in Belarus: 9.2% of GDP in 2004 and 31.3% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 31.3% of GDP
- Since 2004
- +22 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 124 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 27% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 27% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 58.2% of GDP in 2011, the lowest 8.1% of GDP in 2005.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Belarus |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 |
| 2024 | 38.7 |
| 2023 | 40.7 |
| 2022 | 40.8 |
| 2021 | 41.2 |
| 2020 | 47.5 |
| 2019 | 41 |
| 2018 | 47.5 |
| 2017 | 53.2 |
| 2016 | 53.5 |
| 2015 | 53 |
| 2014 | 38.8 |
| 2013 | 36.9 |
| 2012 | 37 |
| 2011 | 58.2 |
| 2010 | 36.8 |
| 2009 | 32.6 |
| 2008 | 20.3 |
| 2007 | 15.8 |
| 2006 | 12.3 |
| 2005 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 9.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Belarus |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 30.2 |
| 2028 | 29.5 |
| 2029 | 28.4 |
| 2030 | 27.7 |
| 2031 | 27 |
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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- Military spending2.4% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.83B in 2025
- Military spending per person$215 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel158,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports466 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025