Chad vs Libya: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 33.3% of GDP in Chad and 153.8% of GDP in Libya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Libya, by 120.5 percentage points, or 4.62 times that in Chad.

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% of GDP · IMF

ChadLibyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Libya has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Chad.
In 2025, Chad ranked 121 and Libya ranked 1 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 24.8% of GDP and Libya at 174.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Chad	Libya
2025	33.3	153.8
2024	31.4	115.3
2023	32.2	91.6
2022	32.1	77.6
2021	41.7	98.4
2020	41.6	238
2019	38.4	110.3
2018	33.8	95.9
2017	39.1	91.8
2016	40.2	89.5
2015	31.3	69.4
2014	29.4	60.2
2013	22.3	25.9
2012	20	2.7
2011	22.3	4.2
2010	22.9	12
2009	23.9	1.4
2008	15.7	2.5
2007	17.6	3.4
2006	20.1	2.7
2005	22	3.2
2004	25.2	4
2003	34.4	26.3
2002	42	34
2001	43.5	41.8
2000	52.4	42.4
1999	44.7	55.3
1998	–	67.7
1997	–	63.6
1996	–	67.2
1995	–	59.7
1994	–	61.4
1993	–	64.3
1992	–	62.8
1991	–	64.9
1990	–	71.2

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

Year	Chad	Libya
2026	31.1	125.2
2027	29.6	132.1
2028	28.6	149.2
2029	27.3	158.6
2030	25.9	166.5
2031	24.8	174.4

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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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