Taiwan
Government debt in Taiwan
Government debt in Taiwan: 25% of GDP in 1997 and 23.6% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 23.6% of GDP
- Since 1997
- −1.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 139 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 17.4% 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 17.4% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 39.2% of GDP in 2012, the lowest 23.6% of GDP in 2025.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.6 |
| 2024 | 26.8 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2022 | 29.5 |
| 2021 | 30.1 |
| 2020 | 32 |
| 2019 | 32.6 |
| 2018 | 33.8 |
| 2017 | 34.5 |
| 2016 | 35.4 |
| 2015 | 35.9 |
| 2014 | 37.5 |
| 2013 | 38.9 |
| 2012 | 39.2 |
| 2011 | 38.3 |
| 2010 | 36.9 |
| 2009 | 36.7 |
| 2008 | 33.4 |
| 2007 | 32.2 |
| 2006 | 33.3 |
| 2005 | 34.1 |
| 2004 | 33.5 |
| 2003 | 32.2 |
| 2002 | 29.8 |
| 2001 | 30.1 |
| 2000 | 26.2 |
| 1999 | 23.7 |
| 1998 | 23.7 |
| 1997 | 25 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 21.1 |
| 2027 | 20 |
| 2028 | 19.2 |
| 2029 | 18.6 |
| 2030 | 17.9 |
| 2031 | 17.4 |
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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