Cameroon vs Mali

Cameroon vs Mali: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Cameroon vs Mali: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Mali.
CameroonMaliIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 102 and Mali ranked 105 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 34.3% of GDP and Mali at 39.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCameroonMali
202540.540.3
202443.444
202343.644.2
202245.643
202147.243.2
202044.939.9
201941.634.3
201838.331.4
201736.530.2
201632.130.1
201531.625.8
201420.722.6
201317.522.2
201214.921.3
201115.920.1
20101421.8
200911.318.8
200811.217.3
200713.815.6
200618.415.4
200543.839.5
200451.736.1
200351.537.7
200256.636
200162.266.3
200075.977
199968.4–
199867.8–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonMali
202640.139.7
202739.139
202838.138.9
202936.839.1
203035.239.4
203134.339.8

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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