Chad vs Ethiopia: Government debt

Government debt: 33.3% of GDP in Chad in 2025 and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 2 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Chad.

Watch it change on the map

% of GDP · IMF

ChadEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 24.8% of GDP and Ethiopia at 27.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Chad	Ethiopia
2025	33.3	43.3
2024	31.4	33.5
2023	32.2	38.7
2022	32.1	47
2021	41.7	53.8
2020	41.6	53.3
2019	38.4	54.7
2018	33.8	58.5
2017	39.1	55.3
2016	40.2	51.8
2015	31.3	50.7
2014	29.4	44.2
2013	22.3	44.1
2012	20	39.4
2011	22.3	44.6
2010	22.9	39.4
2009	23.9	30
2008	15.7	56.1
2007	17.6	55.7
2006	20.1	79.6
2005	22	78.2
2004	25.2	103.1
2003	34.4	103.7
2002	42	107.4
2001	43.5	97.3
2000	52.4	93.6
1999	44.7	97.8
1998	–	89.3
1997	–	80.3
1996	–	132.8
1995	–	146.6
1994	–	155.2
1993	–	141
1992	–	87.9

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Chad	Ethiopia
2026	31.1	40.7
2027	29.6	37
2028	28.6	34.2
2029	27.3	31.8
2030	25.9	29.7
2031	24.8	27.5

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Chad vs Ethiopia: Government debt

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Chad vs Ethiopia

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment