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Government debt in Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan's government debt is 24.60 % — #12 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

24.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.2 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Kazakhstan over time

26.40 %15.25 %4.10 %26.40 % · 20204.10 % · 20072002: 17.60 %2003: 15.00 %2004: 11.40 %2005: 8.10 %2006: 6.70 %2007: 4.10 %2008: 6.80 %2009: 10.20 %2010: 10.70 %2011: 10.20 %2012: 12.10 %2013: 12.60 %2014: 14.50 %2015: 21.90 %2016: 19.70 %2017: 19.90 %2018: 20.30 %2019: 19.90 %2020: 26.40 %2021: 25.10 %2022: 23.50 %2023: 23.00 %2024: 24.40 %2025: 24.60 %20022013202524.60 %
24 official observations, 2002 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#12 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
90 %
112 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.80 pp
peak 26.40 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 7.00 pp
since 2002

In Asia: #8 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −29.95 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 %Kazakhstan: ahead of 90 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtKazakhstan 24.60 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Kazakhstan is ahead of 90 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Kazakhstan
10 Turkey23.50 %−1.10 pp
11 Estonia24.20 %−0.40 pp
12 Kazakhstan24.60 %—
13 Cambodia26.50 %+1.90 pp
14 Luxembourg27.00 %+2.40 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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