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Government debt in Turkey

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Turkey's government debt is 23.70 % — #10 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

23.70%

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 Turkey over time

75.60 %49.60 %23.60 %75.60 % · 200123.60 % · 20242000: 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: 28.30 %2024: 23.60 %2025: 23.70 %20002012202523.70 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#10 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
92 %
115 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
51.90 pp
peak 75.60 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 27.50 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #7 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −31.00 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 %Turkey: ahead of 92 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtTurkey 23.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. 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 Azerbaijan20.10 %−3.60 pp
9 Taiwan23.60 %−0.10 pp
10 Turkey23.70 %—
11 Estonia24.00 %+0.30 pp
12 Kazakhstan24.30 %+0.60 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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