Burundi vs Uganda

Burundi vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Burundi and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 11.2 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Burundi.

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% of GDP · IMF

Burundi vs Uganda: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Burundi and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 11.2 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Burundi.
BurundiUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Burundi.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 99 and Uganda ranked 73 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 37.5% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBurundiUganda
20254253.2
202453.851.8
202360.450.4
202268.549.9
202166.450.3
202065.946.8
201960.138
20185335
201746.933.6
201646.131.3
201539.928
201437.924.8
201337.922.1
201241.419.5
201142.718
201046.918.4
200925.714.8
2008102.515.7
2007129.617
2006130.327.8
200513742.6
2004166.149
2003159.955.1
2002144.854.7
2001113.651.4
200012048.6
1999–47.7
1998–45.1
1997–44.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurundiUganda
202640.455.1
202741.154.9
202839.155.1
202937.656
203037.956.8
203137.557.2

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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