Philippines
Government debt in Philippines
Government debt in Philippines: 73.9% of GDP in 1993 and 59.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.1% of GDP
- Since 1993
- −14.7 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 56.4% 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 56.4% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 73.9% of GDP in 1993, the lowest 37% of GDP in 2019.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Philippines |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.1 |
| 2024 | 56.6 |
| 2023 | 56.5 |
| 2022 | 57.4 |
| 2021 | 57 |
| 2020 | 51.6 |
| 2019 | 37 |
| 2018 | 37.2 |
| 2017 | 38.1 |
| 2016 | 37.4 |
| 2015 | 39.7 |
| 2014 | 40.3 |
| 2013 | 43.9 |
| 2012 | 45.7 |
| 2011 | 45.4 |
| 2010 | 47.6 |
| 2009 | 49.8 |
| 2008 | 50 |
| 2007 | 50.2 |
| 2006 | 57.2 |
| 2005 | 64.7 |
| 2004 | 71.1 |
| 2003 | 71.4 |
| 2002 | 65.2 |
| 2001 | 59.5 |
| 2000 | 59.2 |
| 1999 | 54.2 |
| 1998 | 50.8 |
| 1997 | 56.9 |
| 1996 | 53.1 |
| 1995 | 60.9 |
| 1994 | 63.6 |
| 1993 | 73.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Philippines |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 60.5 |
| 2027 | 60.5 |
| 2028 | 60.4 |
| 2029 | 59.7 |
| 2030 | 58.2 |
| 2031 | 56.4 |
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 spending1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel157,000 people in 2020
- National power0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2007