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Government debt in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh's government debt is 42.00 % — #41 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

42.00%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Bangladesh over time

42.00 %34.85 %27.70 %27.70 % · 20162003: 37.00 %2004: 36.60 %2005: 35.60 %2006: 35.30 %2007: 35.00 %2008: 33.90 %2009: 33.00 %2010: 29.60 %2011: 29.40 %2012: 29.10 %2013: 28.30 %2014: 28.70 %2015: 28.20 %2016: 27.70 %2017: 28.30 %2018: 29.60 %2019: 32.00 %2020: 34.50 %2021: 35.60 %2022: 37.90 %2023: 39.70 %2024: 41.00 %2025: 42.00 %20032014202542.00 %
23 official observations, 2003 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#41 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
67 %
84 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.00 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 5.00 pp
since 2003

In Asia: #17 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −12.70 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Bangladesh: ahead of 67 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBangladesh 42.00 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Bangladesh is ahead of 67 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bangladesh
39 Indonesia40.90 %−1.10 pp
40 Chile41.50 %−0.50 pp
41 Bangladesh42.00 %—
42 Qatar42.50 %+0.50 pp
43 Ethiopia43.30 %+1.30 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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