Central government debt, total in Brazil
Brazil: Central government debt, total was 81.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Central government debt, total in Brazil, 2010–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 81.9% for central government debt, total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, central government debt, total in Brazil peaked at 98.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 57.2%, in 2013.
That places Brazil 16th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Central government debt, total in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 61.3% | — |
| 2011 | 59.3% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 59.8% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 57.2% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 58.5% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 67.5% | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 73.4% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 83.7% | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 86.6% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 92.6% | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 98.7% | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 85.0% | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 79.1% | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 83.0% | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 81.9% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.0% | 57.2% | 92.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.5% | 79.1% | 98.7% | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Brazil
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.56 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 8,136 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9965 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 10,676 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 5.57 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 59,649 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is central government debt, total in Brazil?
- Central government debt, total in Brazil was 81.9% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest central government debt, total recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest central government debt, total recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.2% in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for central government debt, total?
- Brazil ranks 16th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is central government debt, total rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.