🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Antigua and Barbuda government debt. The national debt currently stands at
approximately $1.6 billion, growing at $0.01 per second based on IMF projections. Debt-to-GDP: 70%. Per-citizen share: $15,028.
The IMF's latest actual fiscal data for Antigua and Barbuda is for 2023; later years are IMF estimates.
Among the 194 governments tracked here, Antigua and Barbuda ranks 56th by debt-to-GDP, 168th by total debt and 48th by debt per person.
Antigua and Barbuda's Debt Trajectory (2015–2025)
Antigua and Barbuda's ratio has declined from its high for the period of 101% (2020) to roughly 70% at end-2025. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government gross debt.
Antigua and Barbuda Net Debt and Interest
The IMF publishes no net debt figure for Antigua and Barbuda, so only the gross figure can be shown. The IMF's figures put Antigua and Barbuda's net interest bill at about 1.7% of GDP in 2025, about $38 million, or 7.6% of government revenue. That is 80th of the 177 governments ranked by interest as a share of revenue.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net debt leaves out equity holdings, and what counts as an asset varies by country. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Data · method.
About Antigua and Barbuda's National Debt
Antigua and Barbuda's debt-to-GDP ratio of 70% is elevated: higher than 71% of the 194 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Antigua and Barbuda ranks 168th of the 194 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $0.01 per second, Antigua and Barbuda adds about $1 thousand to its government debt every day — roughly $315 thousand per year. Each of Antigua and Barbuda's 0 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $15,028. That is above the world average of roughly $14,700 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Antigua and Barbuda National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Antigua and Barbuda's national debt right now?
Antigua and Barbuda's national debt is approximately $1.6 billion as of November 8, 2026, growing at $0.01 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 70% and each citizen's share is about $15,028.
How fast is Antigua and Barbuda's debt growing?
Antigua and Barbuda's government debt is growing at approximately $0.01 per second — about $1 thousand per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Antigua and Barbuda's debt per capita?
Each of Antigua and Barbuda's 0 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $15,028 of the national debt.
What is Antigua and Barbuda's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Antigua and Barbuda's debt-to-GDP ratio is 70%. That is higher than 71% of the 194 governments tracked here.
How much interest does Antigua and Barbuda pay on its debt?
The IMF's figures put Antigua and Barbuda's net interest bill at about 1.7% of GDP in 2025, about $38 million, or 7.6% of government revenue.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 1,596,178,096 + 0.01 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=ag (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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