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General government debt (IMF)

Name: General government debt (IMF)
Creator: International Monetary Fund (DataMapper / WEO)
License: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/

General government gross debt as a percentage of GDP from the IMF World Economic Outlook (indicator GGXWDG).

59.7%Poland · 2025

International Monetary Fund (DataMapper / WEO)Retrieved: 2026-10-23

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-10-23, ID ecffe034c869Warehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1995–2025; observations: 31; missing years: 0

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48.6→59.7

Total change: +11.1 pp
Period: 1995–2025

Poland: 48.6 (1995) → 59.7 (2025). Difference: +11.1 pp. Peak value of 59.7 in 2025; lowest value of 36.3 in 2000.

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General government debt (IMF) — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2025	Poland	59.7%
2024	Poland	54.8%
2023	Poland	49.5%
2022	Poland	48.8%
2021	Poland	53%
2020	Poland	56.6%
2019	Poland	45.2%
2018	Poland	48.2%
2017	Poland	50.4%
2016	Poland	54.1%
2015	Poland	51.1%
2014	Poland	51.1%
2013	Poland	56.9%
2012	Poland	54.5%
2011	Poland	54.8%
2010	Poland	53.7%
2009	Poland	49.7%
2008	Poland	46.6%
2007	Poland	44.4%
2006	Poland	47.1%

Source: International Monetary Fund (DataMapper / WEO)
Licence: IMF Copyright and Usage
Published by source: —
Retrieved: 2026-10-23
Indicator code in source: GGXWDG_NGDP
Unit of measure: percent
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “General government debt (IMF)”. International Monetary Fund (DataMapper / WEO) (GGXWDG_NGDP), 1980–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-10-23. IMF Copyright and Usage. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: ecffe034c8694f42a47f092f1c57e354110cc6d2a80b5f4841bf8720ee3d6bbd. https://longseries.com/en/d/imf-government-debt/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Japan; lowest — Sweden

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14 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearJapan	2025	204.8%204.8%
Italy	2025	137.1%137.1%
United States	2025	124.4%124.4%
France	2025	115.5%115.5%
United Kingdom	2025	102.1%102.1%
Spain	2025	100.5%100.5%
China	2025	98.6%98.6%
Brazil	2025	93.3%93.3%

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About this series

General government gross debt (% of GDP), IMF WEO (GGXWDG). DataMapper does not flag projections — years above the WEO “actual” cap are dropped (from October: calendar year − 1; before October: year − 2). Same country panel as other macro series.

Indicator definition

Gross debt of the entire general government sector as a percentage of GDP from the IMF. Complements World Bank central government debt Government debt and Eurostat Maastricht debt Government debt (Maastricht) — definitions differ.

How to read the data

In Poland the ratio fell from about 49% of GDP in 1995 to about 36% in 2000, then moved mostly in the mid‑40s to mid‑50s (56.6% in 2020, 54.8% in 2024, 59.7% in 2025). Germany was at 67.5% in 2020. Compare definitions, not just levels.