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Government debt in Brazil

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Brazil's government debt is 93.30 % — #106 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

93.30%

Checked 8 Sept 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
#106 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
15 %
18 of 124 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 54.55 %: +38.75 pp (worse)

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 %Brazil: ahead of 15 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBrazil 93.30 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Brazil is ahead of 15 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Brazil
104 Finland89.30 %−4.00 pp
105 Portugal89.90 %−3.40 pp
106 Brazil93.30 %—
107 Barbados94.20 %+0.90 pp
108 China99.20 %+5.90 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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