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Government debt in Brazil

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Brazil's government debt is 93.30 % — #105 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

93.30%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Brazil over time

96.00 %77.80 %59.60 %96.00 % · 202059.60 % · 20132000: 62.20 %2001: 67.30 %2002: 76.10 %2003: 71.50 %2004: 68.00 %2005: 67.00 %2006: 64.60 %2007: 63.00 %2008: 61.40 %2009: 64.70 %2010: 62.40 %2011: 60.60 %2012: 61.60 %2013: 59.60 %2014: 61.60 %2015: 71.70 %2016: 77.40 %2017: 82.70 %2018: 84.80 %2019: 87.10 %2020: 96.00 %2021: 88.90 %2022: 83.90 %2023: 84.00 %2024: 87.00 %2025: 93.30 %20002012202593.30 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#105 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
16 %
20 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 6.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.70 pp
peak 96.00 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 31.10 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #22 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +38.60 pp (worse)

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 %Brazil: ahead of 16 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBrazil 93.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Brazil is ahead of 16 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Brazil
103 Portugal89.70 %−3.60 pp
104 Mozambique90.30 %−3.00 pp
105 Brazil93.30 %—
106 Barbados96.20 %+2.90 pp
107 Malawi96.60 %+3.30 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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