Burkina Faso vs Togo

Burkina Faso vs Togo: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 64.9% of GDP in Togo, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Togo, by 11.7 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Burkina Faso.

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% of GDP · IMF

Burkina Faso vs Togo: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 64.9% of GDP in Togo, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Togo, by 11.7 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoTogoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Togo has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2005.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 74 and Togo ranked 47 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 49.7% of GDP and Togo at 57.6% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBurkina FasoTogo
202553.264.9
202457.366.2
202356.864
202259.263
202155.563.3
20204561.4
201941.754.9
201838.158
201733.957.1
201632.959.9
201531.352.7
201426.145.3
201325.941.6
201225.234.3
201124.537
201023.733.5
200925.957.7
200824.967.3
200722.470.5
200620.167.7
200539.263.1
200440.7–
200339.7–
200243.3–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina FasoTogo
20265164.7
202750.963
20285161.6
202950.460.2
20305058.9
203149.757.6

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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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