Angola vs Malawi

Angola vs Malawi: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 52.9% of GDP in Angola and 96.6% of GDP in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 43.7 percentage points, or 1.83 times that in Angola.

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% of GDP · IMF

Angola vs Malawi: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 52.9% of GDP in Angola and 96.6% of GDP in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 43.7 percentage points, or 1.83 times that in Angola.
AngolaMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Angola.
  • In 2025, Angola ranked 75 and Malawi ranked 20 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Angola at 55.1% of GDP and Malawi at 67.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAngolaMalawi
202552.996.6
20245586.6
202375.784.5
202257.475.7
202175.566.6
2020119.853.9
2019100.841.2
201881.640.8
201759.640
201665.737.1
201550.435.5
201435.333.5
201329.535.4
201223.828.6
201126.320
201032.619.3
200948.523.5
200828.123.5
200718.819
200616.717.9
200529.970.9
200441.674.7
200350.884.7
200265.1101.5
2001100.2–
2000118.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAngolaMalawi
202651.578
202753.475
20285371.8
202953.569.6
203054.168.3
203155.167.5

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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