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Government debt in Poland

How indebted is the state my taxes would go to?

Poland's government debt is 59.70 % — #69 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

59.70%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Poland over time

59.70 %48.00 %36.30 %36.30 % · 20001995: 48.60 %1996: 43.00 %1997: 42.60 %1998: 38.60 %1999: 39.20 %2000: 36.30 %2001: 37.00 %2002: 41.40 %2003: 46.20 %2004: 45.00 %2005: 46.50 %2006: 47.10 %2007: 44.40 %2008: 46.60 %2009: 49.70 %2010: 53.70 %2011: 54.80 %2012: 54.50 %2013: 56.90 %2014: 51.10 %2015: 51.10 %2016: 54.10 %2017: 50.40 %2018: 48.20 %2019: 45.20 %2020: 56.60 %2021: 53.00 %2022: 48.80 %2023: 49.50 %2024: 54.80 %2025: 59.70 %19952010202559.70 %
31 official observations, 1995 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#69 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
45 %
56 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 4.90 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 11.10 pp
since 1995

In Europe: #21 of 37vs median 54.70 %: +5.00 pp (worse)

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 %Poland: ahead of 45 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtPoland 59.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Poland is ahead of 45 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Poland
67 Dominican Republic59.00 %−0.70 pp
68 Philippines59.10 %−0.60 pp
69 Poland59.70 %—
70 Colombia59.90 %+0.20 pp
71 Costa Rica60.40 %+0.70 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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