Saudi Arabia Government Debt (% of GDP)
Everything Saudi Arabia's general government owes, compared with the size of the economy.
25.9%
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1991 to 2024
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook GGXWDG_NGDP · general government gross debt, % of GDP, actual years only.
Saudi Arabia Government Debt (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Saudi Arabia, the government debt rose by 2.9pp in 2024, from 23.0% in 2023.
It is the highest reading since 2020.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 20.3% in 2019 to 29.7% in 2020.
Its average since 1991 is 40.8%, and the latest reading is below that.
Saudi Arabia is 41st of 43 countries in our Government Debt to GDP by Country ranking.
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- Source
- IMF
- Series
- World
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2024
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-09. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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