Chad vs Malawi

Chad vs Malawi: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 33.3% of GDP in Chad and 96.6% of GDP in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 63.2 percentage points, or 2.9 times that in Chad.

Watch it change on the map

% of GDP · IMF

Chad vs Malawi: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 33.3% of GDP in Chad and 96.6% of GDP in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 63.2 percentage points, or 2.9 times that in Chad.
ChadMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Chad.
  • In 2025, Chad ranked 121 and Malawi ranked 20 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 24.8% of GDP and Malawi at 67.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearChadMalawi
202533.396.6
202431.486.6
202332.284.5
202232.175.7
202141.766.6
202041.653.9
201938.441.2
201833.840.8
201739.140
201640.237.1
201531.335.5
201429.433.5
201322.335.4
20122028.6
201122.320
201022.919.3
200923.923.5
200815.723.5
200717.619
200620.117.9
20052270.9
200425.274.7
200334.484.7
200242101.5
200143.5–
200052.4–
199944.7–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearChadMalawi
202631.178
202729.675
202828.671.8
202927.369.6
203025.968.3
203124.867.5

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 Malawi

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment