Albania vs Kosovo

Albania vs Kosovo: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 53.8% of GDP in Albania and 17.5% of GDP in Kosovo, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Albania, by 36.3 percentage points, or 3.08 times that in Kosovo.

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% of GDP · IMF

Albania vs Kosovo: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 53.8% of GDP in Albania and 17.5% of GDP in Kosovo, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Albania, by 36.3 percentage points, or 3.08 times that in Kosovo.
AlbaniaKosovoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Albania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
  • In 2025, Albania ranked 72 and Kosovo ranked 143 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Albania at 45.9% of GDP and Kosovo at 22.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAlbaniaKosovo
202553.817.5
202454.517.9
20235818.6
202264.721.4
202174.723.1
202075.124.3
201966.817.7
201868.517.1
201770.716.4
20167214.5
20157313.4
20147211.2
201370.49.4
201262.18.6
201159.45.6
201057.76.5
200959.76.9
200855.110.8
200753.614.3
200656.716.3
200558.2–
200457.5–
200360.2–
200264.1–
200160.6–
200063.8–
199968.2–
199871.2–
199772.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAlbaniaKosovo
202649.718.1
202748.618.8
202847.819.7
202947.120.7
203046.521.8
203145.922.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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