Benin vs Mozambique

Benin vs Mozambique: Government debt

Government debt: 59.3% of GDP in Benin in 2025 and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 29.5 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Benin.

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% of GDP · IMF

Benin vs Mozambique: Government debtGovernment debt: 59.3% of GDP in Benin in 2025 and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 29.5 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Benin.
BeninMozambiqueIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Benin at 50.3% of GDP and Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBeninMozambique
202559.390.3
202460.591.2
202361.390.8
202259.797.3
202155.6101.4
202046.1120
201940.498.3
201840.8105.5
201739.4103.8
201635.9124.8
201530.986
201422.363.4
201318.549.5
201219.536.7
201121.934.2
20102138.6
200918.839.3
200818.332.8
200714.331.2
20068.440
20052760.1
200421.550.8
200323.463.2
200230.863.4
20013899.8
200039.695.8
199939.494.7
199853.6–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBeninMozambique
202658.191
202756.598.6
202854.7104.8
202953.1109.8
203051.7108.8
203150.398.7

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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