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Government debt in Ecuador

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Ecuador's government debt is 54.50 % — #62 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

54.50%

Checked 24 Oct 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: 54.50 %20012013202554.50 %
25 official observations, 2001 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#62 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
50 %
63 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
9.30 pp
peak 63.80 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 9.30 pp
since 2001

In Americas: #9 of 26vs median 54.70 %: −0.20 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 %Ecuador: ahead of 50 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtEcuador 54.50 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. 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 Angola52.90 %−1.60 pp
61 Norway54.00 %−0.50 pp
62 Ecuador54.50 %—
63 New Zealand54.70 %+0.20 pp
64 Cyprus55.00 %+0.50 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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