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Government debt in Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan's government debt is 24.30 % — #12 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

24.30%

Checked 24 Oct 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: 24.30 %20022013202524.30 %
24 official observations, 2002 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#12 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
90 %
113 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.10 pp
peak 26.40 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 6.70 pp
since 2002

In Asia: #8 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −30.40 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 %Kazakhstan: ahead of 90 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtKazakhstan 24.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. 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 Turkey23.70 %−0.60 pp
11 Estonia24.00 %−0.30 pp
12 Kazakhstan24.30 %—
13 Cambodia25.50 %+1.20 pp
14 Luxembourg26.50 %+2.20 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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