Chad vs Uganda

Chad vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 33.3% of GDP in Chad and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 19.9 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Chad.

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% of GDP · IMF

Chad vs Uganda: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 33.3% of GDP in Chad and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 19.9 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Chad.
ChadUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Chad.
  • In 2025, Chad ranked 121 and Uganda ranked 73 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 24.8% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearChadUganda
202533.353.2
202431.451.8
202332.250.4
202232.149.9
202141.750.3
202041.646.8
201938.438
201833.835
201739.133.6
201640.231.3
201531.328
201429.424.8
201322.322.1
20122019.5
201122.318
201022.918.4
200923.914.8
200815.715.7
200717.617
200620.127.8
20052242.6
200425.249
200334.455.1
20024254.7
200143.551.4
200052.448.6
199944.747.7
1998–45.1
1997–44.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearChadUganda
202631.155.1
202729.654.9
202828.655.1
202927.356
203025.956.8
203124.857.2

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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