Cyprus

Government debt in Cyprus

Government debt in Cyprus: 46.8% of GDP in 1995 and 55% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
55% of GDP
Since 1995
+8.3 percentage points
Rank, 2025
68 of 149
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
32.5% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
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% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in CyprusGovernment debt in Cyprus: 46.8% of GDP in 1995 and 55% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 32.5% 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 32.5% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 113.6% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 44.1% of GDP in 2008.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCyprus
202555
202462.8
202371.1
202280.3
202196.5
2020113.6
201992.3
2018100.7
201796.4
2016106.8
2015111.6
2014113
2013102.7
201279.2
201164.8
201055.3
200952.8
200844.1
200753.2
200659
200564
200464.7
200363
200261
200157.5
200056
199955.7
199855
199753.5
199648.8
199546.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCyprus
202651.4
202746.7
202842.4
202938.5
203035.6
203132.5

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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