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Government debt in Lithuania

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Lithuania's government debt is 39.80 % — #36 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

39.80%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Lithuania over time

45.90 %30.25 %14.60 %45.90 % · 202014.60 % · 20081998: 21.70 %1999: 28.00 %2000: 23.50 %2001: 22.90 %2002: 22.10 %2003: 20.40 %2004: 18.60 %2005: 17.60 %2006: 17.30 %2007: 15.90 %2008: 14.60 %2009: 27.90 %2010: 36.70 %2011: 37.50 %2012: 39.90 %2013: 38.90 %2014: 40.70 %2015: 42.40 %2016: 39.80 %2017: 39.10 %2018: 33.30 %2019: 35.60 %2020: 45.90 %2021: 43.30 %2022: 38.30 %2023: 37.10 %2024: 38.00 %2025: 39.80 %19982012202539.80 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#36 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
71 %
88 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.80 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
6.10 pp
peak 45.90 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 18.10 pp
since 1998

In Europe: #13 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −14.75 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 %Lithuania: ahead of 71 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtLithuania 39.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Lithuania is ahead of 71 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Lithuania
34 Botswana38.60 %−1.20 pp
35 Switzerland39.40 %−0.40 pp
36 Lithuania39.80 %—
37 Indonesia41.00 %+1.20 pp
38 Honduras41.20 %+1.40 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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