Cameroon vs Sudan

Cameroon vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 144.2 percentage points, or 4.06 times that in Cameroon.

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% of GDP · IMF

Cameroon vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 144.2 percentage points, or 4.06 times that in Cameroon.
CameroonSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 34.3% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCameroonSudan
202540.5204.4
202443.4282.3
202343.6286.9
202245.6189
202147.2191.3
202044.9278.8
201941.6216.5
201838.3209.8
201736.5149.5
201632.1109.9
201531.693.2
201420.784.4
201317.5105.8
201214.9117.7
201115.978.1
20101474.6
200911.371
200811.255.8
200713.853.7
200618.463.7
200543.875.5
200451.797.8
200351.5117.4
200256.6121.7
200162.2125.6
200075.9143.2
199968.4160.5
199867.8179.7
1997–167.7
1996–220.9
1995–239
1994–386.5
1993–285.9
1992–495.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonSudan
202640.1334.4
202739.1274.1
202838.1235.5
202936.8225.2
203035.2212
203134.3192.2

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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