Cameroon vs Malawi

Cameroon vs Malawi: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon and 96.6% of GDP in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 56.1 percentage points, or 2.38 times that in Cameroon.

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% of GDP · IMF

Cameroon vs Malawi: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon and 96.6% of GDP in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 56.1 percentage points, or 2.38 times that in Cameroon.
CameroonMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Cameroon.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 102 and Malawi ranked 20 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 34.3% of GDP and Malawi at 67.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCameroonMalawi
202540.596.6
202443.486.6
202343.684.5
202245.675.7
202147.266.6
202044.953.9
201941.641.2
201838.340.8
201736.540
201632.137.1
201531.635.5
201420.733.5
201317.535.4
201214.928.6
201115.920
20101419.3
200911.323.5
200811.223.5
200713.819
200618.417.9
200543.870.9
200451.774.7
200351.584.7
200256.6101.5
200162.2–
200075.9–
199968.4–
199867.8–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonMalawi
202640.178
202739.175
202838.171.8
202936.869.6
203035.268.3
203134.367.5

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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