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Government debt in Taiwan

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Taiwan's government debt is 22.40 % — #9 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

22.40%

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 Taiwan over time

39.20 %30.80 %22.40 %39.20 % · 20121997: 25.00 %1998: 23.70 %1999: 23.70 %2000: 26.20 %2001: 30.10 %2002: 29.80 %2003: 32.10 %2004: 33.40 %2005: 34.10 %2006: 33.30 %2007: 32.20 %2008: 33.40 %2009: 36.70 %2010: 36.90 %2011: 38.30 %2012: 39.20 %2013: 38.90 %2014: 37.50 %2015: 35.90 %2016: 35.40 %2017: 34.50 %2018: 33.80 %2019: 32.60 %2020: 32.00 %2021: 30.10 %2022: 29.50 %2023: 29.00 %2024: 26.80 %2025: 22.40 %19972011202522.40 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#9 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
93 %
115 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 4.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
16.80 pp
peak 39.20 % in 2012
Full series
▼ 2.60 pp
since 1997

In Asia: #6 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −32.15 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 %Taiwan: ahead of 93 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtTaiwan 22.40 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Taiwan is ahead of 93 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Taiwan
7 Azerbaijan20.10 %−2.30 pp
8 Tajikistan21.60 %−0.80 pp
9 Taiwan22.40 %—
10 Turkey23.50 %+1.10 pp
11 Estonia24.20 %+1.80 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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