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Government debt in Belarus

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Belarus's government debt is 31.30 % — #23 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

31.30%

Checked 24 Oct 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: 31.30 %20042014202531.30 %
22 official observations, 2004 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#23 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
82 %
102 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 7.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
26.90 pp
peak 58.20 % in 2011
Full series
▲ 22.10 pp
since 2004

In Europe: #8 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −23.40 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 %Belarus: ahead of 82 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBelarus 31.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Belarus is ahead of 82 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Belarus
21 Andorra30.30 %−1.00 pp
22 Vietnam30.50 %−0.80 pp
23 Belarus31.30 %—
24 Saudi Arabia31.80 %+0.50 pp
25 United Arab Emirates33.90 %+2.60 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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