Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) was 54.42 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP in Ecuador, 2001–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, gross debt, general government, percent of gdp in Ecuador stood at 54.42.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross debt, general government, percent of gdp in Ecuador peaked at 63.8 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 18.44, in 2010.
Ecuador ranks 12th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 63.8 | — |
| 2002 | 55.04 | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 47.2 | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 40.2 | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 35.76 | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 33.09 | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 29.65 | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 24.87 | -16.1% |
| 2009 | 19.67 | -20.9% |
| 2010 | 18.44 | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 18.61 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 19.34 | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 23.43 | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 28.16 | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 36.44 | +29.4% |
| 2016 | 46.07 | +26.4% |
| 2017 | 47.39 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 49.51 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 52.06 | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 63.55 | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 61.76 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 57.2 | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 54.49 | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 54.13 | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 54.42 | +0.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 54.42 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 54.42, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.81 | 19.67 | 63.8 | 9 |
| 2010s | 33.94 | 18.44 | 52.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.59 | 54.13 | 63.55 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 9 Montenegro 66.05 compare
- 10 South Korea 63.15 compare
- 11 Lithuania 56.25 compare
- 13 Latvia 53.49 compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 50.02 compare
- 15 Australia 49.12 compare
More external debt data for Ecuador
- Net financial flows, IBRD 988.54 million NFL, current US$ (2025)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 5.33 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0008 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 77.22 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -0.0037 NFL, current US$ per person (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre -0.2657 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 11.18 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 41.85 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 53.24 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross debt, general government, percent of gdp in Ecuador?
- Gross debt, general government, percent of gdp in Ecuador was 54.42 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest gross debt, general government, percent of gdp recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 63.8 in 2001.
- What is the lowest gross debt, general government, percent of gdp recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.44 in 2010.
- How does Ecuador rank for gross debt, general government, percent of gdp?
- Ecuador ranks 12th out of 26 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gross debt, general government, percent of gdp rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.