Burkina Faso vs Congo - Kinshasa: Government debt

Government debt: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 39.6 percentage points, or 3.31 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · IMF

Burkina FasoCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Burkina Faso has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 49.7% of GDP and Congo - Kinshasa at 32.6% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
2025	53.2	20.4
2024	57.3	17.3
2023	56.8	17.2
2022	59.2	16.6
2021	55.5	15.6
2020	45	12.8
2019	41.7	9.7
2018	38.1	9.2
2017	33.9	8.4
2016	32.9	10.6
2015	31.3	10.2
2014	26.1	8.7
2013	25.9	8.3
2012	25.2	7.6
2011	24.5	7.8
2010	23.7	31.8
2009	25.9	91.6
2008	24.9	80.3
2007	22.4	85.1
2006	20.1	107.5
2005	39.2	112
2004	40.7	164.1
2003	39.7	114.5
2002	43.3	136
2001	–	185.4
2000	–	135

12.3Projected

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

Year	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
2026	51	23.7
2027	50.9	26.9
2028	51	28.4
2029	50.4	30
2030	50	31.5
2031	49.7	32.6

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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