Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Government debt
Government debt: 33.3% of GDP in Chad in 2025 and 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Chad, by 15 percentage points, or 1.87 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 24.8% of GDP and Congo - Kinshasa at 32.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.3 | 20.4 |
| 2024 | 31.4 | 17.3 |
| 2023 | 32.2 | 17.2 |
| 2022 | 32.1 | 16.6 |
| 2021 | 41.7 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | 41.6 | 12.8 |
| 2019 | 38.4 | 9.7 |
| 2018 | 33.8 | 9.2 |
| 2017 | 39.1 | 8.4 |
| 2016 | 40.2 | 10.6 |
| 2015 | 31.3 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 29.4 | 8.7 |
| 2013 | 22.3 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | 20 | 7.6 |
| 2011 | 22.3 | 7.8 |
| 2010 | 22.9 | 31.8 |
| 2009 | 23.9 | 91.6 |
| 2008 | 15.7 | 80.3 |
| 2007 | 17.6 | 85.1 |
| 2006 | 20.1 | 107.5 |
| 2005 | 22 | 112 |
| 2004 | 25.2 | 164.1 |
| 2003 | 34.4 | 114.5 |
| 2002 | 42 | 136 |
| 2001 | 43.5 | 185.4 |
| 2000 | 52.4 | 135 |
| 1999 | 44.7 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31.1 | 23.7 |
| 2027 | 29.6 | 26.9 |
| 2028 | 28.6 | 28.4 |
| 2029 | 27.3 | 30 |
| 2030 | 25.9 | 31.5 |
| 2031 | 24.8 | 32.6 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997