Saudi Arabia

Government debt in Saudi Arabia

Government debt in Saudi Arabia: 39.4% of GDP in 1991 and 31.8% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
31.8% of GDP
Since 1991
−7.5 percentage points
Rank, 2025
122 of 149
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
48.7% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
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% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in Saudi ArabiaGovernment debt in Saudi Arabia: 39.4% of GDP in 1991 and 31.8% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 48.7% 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 48.7% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 103% of GDP in 1999, the lowest 1.5% of GDP in 2014.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearSaudi Arabia
202531.8
202425.9
202323
202221.3
202125.5
202029.7
201920.3
201816.8
201716
201612.3
20155.5
20141.5
20132.1
20123
20115.3
20108.4
200914
200812.1
200717.1
200625.8
200537.3
200462.9
200381.6
200296.4
200193.2
200086.7
1999103
1998101.5
199776.7
199675.2
199574.3
199467.9
199358.6
199247.8
199139.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSaudi Arabia
202635.4
202737.3
202840.2
202943.1
203045.9
203148.7

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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