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Government debt in Belarus

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Belarus's government debt is 33.10 % — #25 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

33.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Belarus over time

58.20 %33.15 %8.10 %58.20 % · 20118.10 % · 20052004: 9.20 %2005: 8.10 %2006: 12.30 %2007: 15.80 %2008: 20.30 %2009: 32.50 %2010: 36.80 %2011: 58.20 %2012: 36.90 %2013: 36.90 %2014: 38.80 %2015: 53.00 %2016: 53.50 %2017: 53.20 %2018: 47.50 %2019: 41.00 %2020: 47.50 %2021: 41.20 %2022: 40.80 %2023: 40.70 %2024: 38.70 %2025: 33.10 %20042014202533.10 %
22 official observations, 2004 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#25 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
80 %
99 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 5.60 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
25.10 pp
peak 58.20 % in 2011
Full series
▲ 23.90 pp
since 2004

In Europe: #9 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −21.45 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 %Belarus: ahead of 80 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBelarus 33.10 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Belarus is ahead of 80 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Belarus
23 Saudi Arabia31.70 %−1.40 pp
24 Ireland32.90 %−0.20 pp
25 Belarus33.10 %—
26 United Arab Emirates34.30 %+1.20 pp
27 Georgia34.30 %+1.20 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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