Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 59.3% of GDP in Benin and 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of GDP · IMF

BeninCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Benin has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
In 2025, Benin ranked 58 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 63 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Benin at 50.3% of GDP and Côte d’Ivoire at 50.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Benin	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	59.3	57.2
2024	60.5	59.5
2023	61.3	56.7
2022	59.7	56
2021	55.6	50.2
2020	46.1	46.3
2019	40.4	37.2
2018	40.8	35.3
2017	39.4	32.6
2016	35.9	31.1
2015	30.9	29.2
2014	22.3	26.7
2013	18.5	24.6
2012	19.5	24.7
2011	21.9	50
2010	21	45.6
2009	18.8	46.5
2008	18.3	51.2
2007	14.3	53.5
2006	8.4	57.5
2005	27	58.2
2004	21.5	56.7
2003	23.4	56.4
2002	30.8	63
2001	38	71.2
2000	39.6	74
1999	39.4	78
1998	53.6	75.2
1997	–	84.2

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

Year	Benin	Côte d’Ivoire
2026	58.1	57.8
2027	56.5	56.9
2028	54.7	55.3
2029	53.1	53.7
2030	51.7	52.2
2031	50.3	50.9

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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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