Türkiye
Government debt in Türkiye
Government debt in Türkiye: 51.2% of GDP in 2000 and 23.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 23.7% of GDP
- Since 2000
- −27.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 138 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 25.4% 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 25.4% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 75.6% of GDP in 2001, the lowest 23.6% of GDP in 2024.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Türkiye |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.7 |
| 2024 | 23.6 |
| 2023 | 28.3 |
| 2022 | 29.4 |
| 2021 | 38.9 |
| 2020 | 38.3 |
| 2019 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 28.8 |
| 2017 | 26.9 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2015 | 26.5 |
| 2014 | 27.4 |
| 2013 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 30.8 |
| 2011 | 34.8 |
| 2010 | 38.6 |
| 2009 | 42.4 |
| 2008 | 37 |
| 2007 | 37.1 |
| 2006 | 44.2 |
| 2005 | 50.2 |
| 2004 | 57.1 |
| 2003 | 63.6 |
| 2002 | 71.2 |
| 2001 | 75.6 |
| 2000 | 51.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Türkiye |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 22.5 |
| 2027 | 22.6 |
| 2028 | 23.2 |
| 2029 | 24.1 |
| 2030 | 25.1 |
| 2031 | 25.4 |
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 spending1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per person$342 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel512,000 people in 2020
- National power1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports539 million TIV in 2025