Burkina Faso vs Mali

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 12.9 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 12.9 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Mali.
Burkina FasoMaliIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 74 and Mali ranked 105 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 49.7% of GDP and Mali at 39.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBurkina FasoMali
202553.240.3
202457.344
202356.844.2
202259.243
202155.543.2
20204539.9
201941.734.3
201838.131.4
201733.930.2
201632.930.1
201531.325.8
201426.122.6
201325.922.2
201225.221.3
201124.520.1
201023.721.8
200925.918.8
200824.917.3
200722.415.6
200620.115.4
200539.239.5
200440.736.1
200339.737.7
200243.336
2001–66.3
2000–77
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina FasoMali
20265139.7
202750.939
20285138.9
202950.439.1
20305039.4
203149.739.8

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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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