Burundi vs Mali

Burundi vs Mali: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Burundi and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 1.7 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Burundi vs Mali: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Burundi and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 1.7 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Mali.
BurundiMaliIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 99 and Mali ranked 105 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 37.5% of GDP and Mali at 39.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBurundiMali
20254240.3
202453.844
202360.444.2
202268.543
202166.443.2
202065.939.9
201960.134.3
20185331.4
201746.930.2
201646.130.1
201539.925.8
201437.922.6
201337.922.2
201241.421.3
201142.720.1
201046.921.8
200925.718.8
2008102.517.3
2007129.615.6
2006130.315.4
200513739.5
2004166.136.1
2003159.937.7
2002144.836
2001113.666.3
200012077
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurundiMali
202640.439.7
202741.139
202839.138.9
202937.639.1
203037.939.4
203137.539.8

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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