Kazakhstan
Government debt in Kazakhstan
Government debt in Kazakhstan: 17.6% of GDP in 2002 and 24.4% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 24.4% of GDP
- Since 2002
- +6.8 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 29.8% 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 29.8% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 26.4% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 4.1% of GDP in 2007.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.4 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2022 | 23.5 |
| 2021 | 25.1 |
| 2020 | 26.4 |
| 2019 | 19.9 |
| 2018 | 20.3 |
| 2017 | 19.9 |
| 2016 | 19.7 |
| 2015 | 21.9 |
| 2014 | 14.5 |
| 2013 | 12.6 |
| 2012 | 12.1 |
| 2011 | 10.2 |
| 2010 | 10.7 |
| 2009 | 10.2 |
| 2008 | 6.8 |
| 2007 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 11.4 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2002 | 17.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.3 |
| 2026 | 23.8 |
| 2027 | 25.1 |
| 2028 | 26.9 |
| 2029 | 28.3 |
| 2030 | 29 |
| 2031 | 29.8 |
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.
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- Military spending0.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.31B in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel71,000 people in 2020
- National power0.27% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports18 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports6 million TIV in 2006