Official data
Bangladesh: public debt by year, 2003–2025
General government gross debt, % of GDP
Latest year, 2025: 42%
Opens a new analysis with this question: Compare public debt as a share of GDP since 2003 across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Method
Official annual series (2003–2025), read directly from the source without adjustments and plotted as published.
- Read. Reads series GGXWDG_NGDP directly as published by the source.
- Period. Keeps one value per year, 2003 to 2025.
- Chart. Draws the series as a line and marks the latest year.
- The most recent years can be IMF estimates.
- Source
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Dataset
- World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
- Series code
- GGXWDG_NGDP
Read from the Belo Lake on November 8, 2026.
Data
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2023 | 39.7 |
| 2022 | 37.9 |
| 2021 | 35.6 |
| 2020 | 34.5 |
| 2019 | 32 |
| 2018 | 29.6 |
| 2017 | 28.3 |
| 2016 | 27.7 |
| 2015 | 28.2 |
| 2014 | 28.7 |
| 2013 | 28.3 |
| 2012 | 29.1 |
| 2011 | 29.4 |
| 2010 | 29.6 |
| 2009 | 33 |
| 2008 | 33.9 |
| 2007 | 35 |
| 2006 | 35.3 |
| 2005 | 35.6 |
| 2004 | 36.6 |
| 2003 | 37 |