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Government debt in Ecuador

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Ecuador's government debt is 54.40 % — #62 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

54.40%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Ecuador over time

63.80 %41.10 %18.40 %63.80 % · 200118.40 % · 20102001: 63.80 %2002: 55.00 %2003: 47.20 %2004: 40.20 %2005: 35.80 %2006: 33.10 %2007: 29.60 %2008: 24.90 %2009: 19.70 %2010: 18.40 %2011: 18.60 %2012: 19.30 %2013: 23.40 %2014: 28.20 %2015: 36.40 %2016: 46.10 %2017: 47.40 %2018: 49.50 %2019: 52.10 %2020: 63.60 %2021: 61.80 %2022: 57.20 %2023: 54.50 %2024: 54.10 %2025: 54.40 %20012013202554.40 %
25 official observations, 2001 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#62 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
50 %
62 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
9.40 pp
peak 63.80 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 9.40 pp
since 2001

In Americas: #9 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −0.15 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 %Ecuador: ahead of 50 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtEcuador 54.40 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Ecuador is ahead of 50 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Ecuador
60 Iraq53.90 %−0.50 pp
61 Algeria54.10 %−0.30 pp
62 Ecuador54.40 %—
63 New Zealand54.70 %+0.30 pp
64 Cyprus55.30 %+0.90 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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