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Government debt

Paraguay

Paraguay. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202538.2%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 202518.8History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20252,933History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202549.3History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Paraguay: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 38.2% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 18.8 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 6.4 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 19.6 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Paraguay · 2000: 33.6% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2001: 37.1% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2002: 50.5% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2003: 37.5% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2004: 36.0% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2005: 28.3% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2006: 21.0% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2007: 16.8% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2008: 16.0% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2009: 14.9% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2010: 13.0% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2011: 11.1% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2012: 12.3% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2013: 13.5% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2014: 15.6% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2015: 18.6% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2016: 19.4% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2017: 19.8% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2018: 22.3% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2019: 25.8% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2020: 36.9% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2021: 37.5% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2022: 40.6% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2023: 41.0% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2024: 44.6% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2025: 38.2% — History / IMF estimatesParaguay · 2026: 36.6% — IMF estimate / projectionParaguay · 2027: 37.9% — IMF projectionParaguay · 2028: 37.1% — IMF projectionParaguay · 2029: 36.6% — IMF projectionParaguay · 2030: 36.2% — IMF projectionParaguay · 2031: 35.9% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearParaguay (%)Source
203135.9IMF projection
203036.2IMF projection
202936.6IMF projection
202837.1IMF projection
202737.9IMF projection
202636.6IMF estimate / projection
202538.2History / IMF estimates
202444.6History / IMF estimates
202341.0History / IMF estimates
202240.6History / IMF estimates
202137.5History / IMF estimates
202036.9History / IMF estimates
201925.8History / IMF estimates
201822.3History / IMF estimates
201719.8History / IMF estimates
201619.4History / IMF estimates
201518.6History / IMF estimates
201415.6History / IMF estimates
201313.5History / IMF estimates
201212.3History / IMF estimates
201111.1History / IMF estimates
201013.0History / IMF estimates
200914.9History / IMF estimates
200816.0History / IMF estimates
200716.8History / IMF estimates
200621.0History / IMF estimates
200528.3History / IMF estimates
200436.0History / IMF estimates
200337.5History / IMF estimates
200250.5History / IMF estimates
200137.1History / IMF estimates
200033.6History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data