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Government debt in Guyana

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Guyana's government debt is 28.60 % — #18 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

28.60%

Checked 8 Sept 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 Guyana over time

108.00 %66.15 %24.30 %108.00 % · 199824.30 % · 20241997: 101.30 %1998: 108.00 %1999: 97.10 %2000: 97.20 %2001: 104.60 %2002: 105.10 %2003: 95.60 %2004: 91.80 %2005: 90.70 %2006: 74.50 %2007: 47.70 %2008: 48.20 %2009: 52.30 %2010: 53.10 %2011: 51.70 %2012: 44.70 %2013: 41.40 %2014: 38.70 %2015: 42.20 %2016: 35.70 %2017: 35.20 %2018: 37.40 %2019: 34.20 %2020: 47.40 %2021: 38.90 %2022: 24.80 %2023: 26.70 %2024: 24.30 %2025: 28.60 %19972011202528.60 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#18 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
85 %
106 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 4.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
79.40 pp
peak 108.00 % in 1998
Full series
▼ 72.70 pp
since 1997

In Americas: #4 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −25.95 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 %Guyana: ahead of 85 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtGuyana 28.60 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Guyana is ahead of 85 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Guyana
16 Guatemala27.20 %−1.40 pp
17 Denmark27.50 %−1.10 pp
18 Guyana28.60 %—
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina29.90 %+1.30 pp
20 Peru30.20 %+1.60 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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