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Government debt in Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico's government debt is 18.00 % — #6 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

18.00%

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 Puerto Rico over time

54.50 %35.55 %16.60 %54.50 % · 201416.60 % · 20232006: 33.40 %2007: 36.90 %2008: 40.80 %2009: 46.50 %2010: 48.30 %2011: 50.00 %2012: 53.70 %2013: 52.30 %2014: 54.50 %2015: 52.70 %2016: 49.90 %2017: 51.20 %2018: 52.40 %2019: 48.80 %2020: 50.20 %2021: 48.90 %2022: 16.70 %2023: 16.60 %2024: 16.90 %2025: 18.00 %20062016202518.00 %
20 official observations, 2006 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#6 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
95 %
118 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
36.50 pp
peak 54.50 % in 2014
Full series
▼ 15.40 pp
since 2006

In Americas: #2 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −36.55 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 %Puerto Rico: ahead of 95 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtPuerto Rico 18.00 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Puerto Rico is ahead of 95 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Puerto Rico
4 Kuwait14.60 %−3.40 pp
5 Russia17.20 %−0.80 pp
6 Puerto Rico18.00 %—
7 Azerbaijan20.10 %+2.10 pp
8 Tajikistan21.60 %+3.60 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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