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Government debt in Argentina

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Argentina's government debt is 80.30 % — #93 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

80.30%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.8 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Argentina over time

154.60 %89.80 %25.00 %154.60 % · 202325.00 % · 19921992: 25.00 %1993: 26.90 %1994: 28.40 %1995: 30.70 %1996: 32.60 %1997: 31.70 %1998: 34.10 %1999: 38.90 %2000: 40.80 %2001: 48.00 %2002: 147.20 %2003: 125.20 %2004: 117.90 %2005: 80.30 %2006: 70.80 %2007: 62.10 %2008: 53.80 %2009: 55.40 %2010: 43.50 %2011: 38.90 %2012: 40.40 %2013: 43.50 %2014: 44.70 %2015: 52.60 %2016: 53.10 %2017: 57.00 %2018: 85.20 %2019: 89.80 %2020: 103.80 %2021: 81.00 %2022: 84.30 %2023: 154.60 %2024: 84.70 %2025: 80.30 %19922009202580.30 %
34 official observations, 1992 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#93 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
25 %
31 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 4.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
74.30 pp
peak 154.60 % in 2023
Full series
▲ 55.30 pp
since 1992

In Americas: #18 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +25.75 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Argentina: ahead of 25 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtArgentina 80.30 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Argentina is ahead of 25 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Argentina
91 South Africa78.60 %−1.70 pp
92 Fiji78.70 %−1.60 pp
93 Argentina80.30 %—
94 Austria80.50 %+0.20 pp
95 Tunisia81.30 %+1.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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