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Government debt in Turkey

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Turkey's government debt is 23.50 % — #10 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

23.50%

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 Turkey over time

75.60 %49.55 %23.50 %75.60 % · 20012000: 51.20 %2001: 75.60 %2002: 71.20 %2003: 63.60 %2004: 57.00 %2005: 50.20 %2006: 44.20 %2007: 37.10 %2008: 37.00 %2009: 42.40 %2010: 38.60 %2011: 34.80 %2012: 30.80 %2013: 29.50 %2014: 27.40 %2015: 26.50 %2016: 27.00 %2017: 26.90 %2018: 28.80 %2019: 31.20 %2020: 38.30 %2021: 38.90 %2022: 29.40 %2023: 28.20 %2024: 23.60 %2025: 23.50 %20002012202523.50 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#10 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
92 %
114 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
52.10 pp
peak 75.60 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 27.70 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #7 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −31.05 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 %Turkey: ahead of 92 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtTurkey 23.50 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Turkey is ahead of 92 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Turkey
8 Tajikistan21.60 %−1.90 pp
9 Taiwan22.40 %−1.10 pp
10 Turkey23.50 %—
11 Estonia24.20 %+0.70 pp
12 Kazakhstan24.60 %+1.10 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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