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Government debt in Pakistan

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Pakistan's government debt is 72.80 % — #87 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

72.80%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.7 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Pakistan over time

80.80 %62.50 %44.20 %80.80 % · 202044.20 % · 20071994: 58.50 %1995: 52.30 %1996: 52.50 %1997: 52.80 %1998: 53.80 %1999: 60.70 %2000: 61.70 %2001: 65.10 %2002: 60.50 %2003: 56.30 %2004: 50.60 %2005: 47.90 %2006: 46.20 %2007: 44.20 %2008: 49.50 %2009: 54.60 %2010: 56.70 %2011: 56.20 %2012: 58.40 %2013: 59.20 %2014: 58.80 %2015: 59.10 %2016: 62.10 %2017: 62.10 %2018: 66.30 %2019: 78.70 %2020: 80.80 %2021: 74.70 %2022: 77.30 %2023: 78.50 %2024: 70.20 %2025: 72.80 %19942009202572.80 %
32 official observations, 1994 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#87 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
30 %
37 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.60 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.00 pp
peak 80.80 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 14.30 pp
since 1994

In Asia: #29 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +18.25 pp (worse)

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 %Pakistan: ahead of 30 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtPakistan 72.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Pakistan is ahead of 30 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Pakistan
85 Namibia70.20 %−2.60 pp
86 Malaysia70.70 %−2.10 pp
87 Pakistan72.80 %—
88 Bahamas73.80 %+1.00 pp
89 Hungary75.20 %+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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