Debt to GDP

General government gross debt, % of GDP

Order: Highest to lowest · Show lowest first
Countries: 52 of 54 have data · 2 without data
Period: Latest figures range from 2019 to 2026: 50 countries report 2026; 2 report earlier years (2019, 2025).
Source: IMF WEO Oct 2025 estimate

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

Recent years are IMF World Economic Outlook estimates and may be revised.

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Debt to GDP: Highest to lowest
Rank	Country	Value (% of GDP)	Year	Change from previous figure	Compare
1	🇪🇷 Eritrea + compare	260.39% ↓ 6.7 pts from previous figure	2019	↓ 6.7 pts	+ compare
2	🇸🇩 Sudan + compare	169.08% ↓ 18.48 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 18.48 pts	+ compare
3	🇸🇳 Senegal + compare	132.29% ↑ 2.12 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 2.12 pts	+ compare
4	🇲🇿 Mozambique + compare	106.07% ↑ 3.54 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 3.54 pts	+ compare
5	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde + compare	95.92% ↓ 5.07 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 5.07 pts	+ compare
6	🇨🇬 Congo + compare	91.28% ↓ 5.56 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 5.56 pts	+ compare
7	🇪🇬 Egypt + compare	87.01% ↑ 0.17 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.17 pts	+ compare
8	🇲🇺 Mauritius + compare	86.47% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.01 pts	+ compare
9	🇬🇦 Gabon + compare	86.06% ↑ 7.15 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 7.15 pts	+ compare
10	🇿🇲 Zambia + compare	86% ↓ 39.2 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 39.2 pts	+ compare
11	🇹🇳 Tunisia + compare	84.87% ↑ 3.59 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 3.59 pts	+ compare
12	🇿🇦 South Africa + compare	78.92% ↑ 0.28 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.28 pts	+ compare
13	🇲🇼 Malawi + compare	74.46% ↓ 3.91 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 3.91 pts	+ compare
14	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau + compare	73.6% ↓ 1.72 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.72 pts	+ compare
15	🇰🇪 Kenya + compare	71.58% ↑ 2.25 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 2.25 pts	+ compare
16	🇳🇦 Namibia + compare	70.48% ↑ 0.23 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.23 pts	+ compare
17	🇬🇲 Gambia + compare	68.26% ↓ 5.64 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 5.64 pts	+ compare
18	🇷🇼 Rwanda + compare	66.75% ↑ 2.15 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 2.15 pts	+ compare
19	🇲🇦 Morocco + compare	65.78% ↓ 1.29 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.29 pts	+ compare
20	🇹🇬 Togo + compare	64.69% ↑ 1.69 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 1.69 pts	+ compare
21	🇨🇫 Central African Republic + compare	63.96% ↑ 2.14 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 2.14 pts	+ compare
22	🇩🇿 Algeria + compare	59.16% ↑ 5.05 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 5.05 pts	+ compare
23	🇸🇸 South Sudan + compare	57.3% ↓ 4.75 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 4.75 pts	+ compare
24	🇧🇯 Benin + compare	57.23% ↓ 0.04 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 0.04 pts	+ compare
25	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire + compare	55.07% ↓ 1.26 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.26 pts	+ compare
26	🇸🇨 Seychelles + compare	54.98% ↑ 3.46 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 3.46 pts	+ compare
27	🇺🇬 Uganda + compare	54.96% ↑ 0.75 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.75 pts	+ compare
28	🇱🇷 Liberia + compare	53.8% ↓ 1.09 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.09 pts	+ compare
29	🇬🇭 Ghana + compare	53.01% ↑ 4.2 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 4.2 pts	+ compare
30	🇦🇴 Angola + compare	51.58% ↑ 0.27 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.27 pts	+ compare
31	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe + compare	50.44% ↓ 5.25 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 5.25 pts	+ compare
32	🇸🇿 Eswatini + compare	50.01% ↑ 5.16 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 5.16 pts	+ compare
33	🇲🇬 Madagascar + compare	49.3% ↑ 0.57 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.57 pts	+ compare
34	🇱🇸 Lesotho + compare	49.01% ↓ 0.13 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 0.13 pts	+ compare
35	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso + compare	48.85% ↓ 3.18 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 3.18 pts	+ compare
36	🇹🇿 Tanzania + compare	48.71% ↓ 0.99 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 0.99 pts	+ compare
37	🇧🇼 Botswana + compare	47.01% ↑ 8.37 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 8.37 pts	+ compare
38	🇳🇪 Niger + compare	45.46% ↑ 0.09 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 0.09 pts	+ compare
39	🇬🇳 Guinea + compare	44.69% ↓ 3.37 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 3.37 pts	+ compare
40	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone + compare	44.31% ↓ 0.91 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 0.91 pts	+ compare
41	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe + compare	42.33% ↓ 1.43 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.43 pts	+ compare
42	🇲🇱 Mali + compare	40.81% ↓ 1.08 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.08 pts	+ compare
43	🇪🇹 Ethiopia + compare	40.44% ↓ 2.64 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 2.64 pts	+ compare
44	🇨🇲 Cameroon + compare	39.3% ↓ 1.06 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.06 pts	+ compare
45	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea + compare	39.14% ↓ 1.46 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 1.46 pts	+ compare
46	🇲🇷 Mauritania + compare	37.08% ↓ 3.02 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 3.02 pts	+ compare
47	🇧🇮 Burundi + compare	37% ↓ 4.19 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 4.19 pts	+ compare
48	🇰🇲 Comoros + compare	32.38% ↑ 2.91 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 2.91 pts	+ compare
49	🇳🇬 Nigeria + compare	32.33% ↓ 3.15 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 3.15 pts	+ compare
50	🇹🇩 Chad + compare	29.95% ↓ 0.46 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 0.46 pts	+ compare
51	🇩🇯 Djibouti + compare	29.6% ↓ 2.53 pts from previous figure	2026	↓ 2.53 pts	+ compare
52	🇨🇩 DR Congo + compare	24.61% ↑ 4.41 pts from previous figure	2026	↑ 4.41 pts	+ compare
	Median	54.97%	median of shown

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

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