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Government debt in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh's government debt is 42.00 % — #41 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

42.00%

Checked 8 Sept 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 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
67 %
83 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.00 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 5.00 pp
since 2003

In Asia: #18 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −12.55 pp (better)

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 %Bangladesh: ahead of 67 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBangladesh 42.00 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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 Qatar41.40 %−0.60 pp
40 Chile41.80 %−0.20 pp
41 Bangladesh42.00 %—
42 Ethiopia43.10 %+1.10 pp
43 Netherlands43.30 %+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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