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Government debt in Taiwan

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Taiwan's government debt is 23.60 % — #9 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

23.60%

Checked 24 Oct 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 %31.40 %23.60 %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: 23.60 %19972011202523.60 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#9 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
93 %
116 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 3.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
15.60 pp
peak 39.20 % in 2012
Full series
▼ 1.40 pp
since 1997

In Asia: #6 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −31.10 pp (better)

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 %Taiwan: ahead of 93 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtTaiwan 23.60 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. 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 Tajikistan18.60 %−5.00 pp
8 Azerbaijan20.10 %−3.50 pp
9 Taiwan23.60 %—
10 Turkey23.70 %+0.10 pp
11 Estonia24.00 %+0.40 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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