Benin vs Kenya

Benin vs Kenya: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 59.3% of GDP in Benin and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 12 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Benin.

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% of GDP · IMF

Benin vs Kenya: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 59.3% of GDP in Benin and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 12 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Benin.
BeninKenyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Benin.
  • In 2025, Benin ranked 58 and Kenya ranked 36 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Benin at 50.3% of GDP and Kenya at 74% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBeninKenya
202559.371.3
202460.567.3
202361.373.4
202259.767.8
202155.668.2
202046.168
201940.459.1
201840.856.5
201739.453.9
201635.950.4
201530.945.8
201422.341.3
201318.539.8
201219.537.6
201121.935.7
20102136.7
200918.836
200818.334.3
200714.334.2
20068.437.1
20052737.4
200421.540.8
200323.443.8
200230.842
20013841.3
200039.643.1
199939.438.4
199853.638.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBeninKenya
202658.172.9
202756.573.8
202854.774.5
202953.174.4
203051.774.3
203150.374

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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