Angola vs Ethiopia: Government debt

Government debt: 52.9% of GDP in Angola in 2025 and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Angola, by 21.5 percentage points, or 1.64 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · IMF

AngolaEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Angola has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Ethiopia.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Angola at 55.1% of GDP and Ethiopia at 27.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Angola	Ethiopia
2025	52.9	43.3
2024	55	33.5
2023	75.7	38.7
2022	57.4	47
2021	75.5	53.8
2020	119.8	53.3
2019	100.8	54.7
2018	81.6	58.5
2017	59.6	55.3
2016	65.7	51.8
2015	50.4	50.7
2014	35.3	44.2
2013	29.5	44.1
2012	23.8	39.4
2011	26.3	44.6
2010	32.6	39.4
2009	48.5	30
2008	28.1	56.1
2007	18.8	55.7
2006	16.7	79.6
2005	29.9	78.2
2004	41.6	103.1
2003	50.8	103.7
2002	65.1	107.4
2001	100.2	97.3
2000	118.2	93.6
1999	–	97.8
1998	–	89.3
1997	–	80.3
1996	–	132.8
1995	–	146.6
1994	–	155.2
1993	–	141
1992	–	87.9

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Angola	Ethiopia
2026	51.5	40.7
2027	53.4	37
2028	53	34.2
2029	53.5	31.8
2030	54.1	29.7
2031	55.1	27.5

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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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Angola vs Ethiopia: Government debt

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