Brazil
Government debt in Brazil
Government debt in Brazil: 62.2% of GDP in 2000 and 93.3% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 93.3% of GDP
- Since 2000
- +31.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 22 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 105.3% 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 105.3% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 96% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 59.6% of GDP in 2013.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Brazil |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.3 |
| 2024 | 87 |
| 2023 | 84 |
| 2022 | 83.9 |
| 2021 | 88.9 |
| 2020 | 96 |
| 2019 | 87.1 |
| 2018 | 84.8 |
| 2017 | 82.8 |
| 2016 | 77.4 |
| 2015 | 71.7 |
| 2014 | 61.6 |
| 2013 | 59.6 |
| 2012 | 61.6 |
| 2011 | 60.6 |
| 2010 | 62.4 |
| 2009 | 64.7 |
| 2008 | 61.4 |
| 2007 | 63 |
| 2006 | 64.6 |
| 2005 | 67 |
| 2004 | 68 |
| 2003 | 71.5 |
| 2002 | 76.1 |
| 2001 | 67.3 |
| 2000 | 62.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Brazil |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 |
| 2027 | 99.3 |
| 2028 | 101.3 |
| 2029 | 103.2 |
| 2030 | 104.5 |
| 2031 | 105.3 |
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 spending1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$23.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$113 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel762,000 people in 2020
- National power2.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports462 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports153 million TIV in 2025