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Debt to GDP

General government gross debt, % of GDP

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Lowest to highest · Show highest 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.

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

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

2 countries have no figure and are not ranked

Libya, Somalia

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