Chad vs Zambia
Chad vs Zambia: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 33.3% of GDP in Chad and 100.6% of GDP in Zambia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by 67.3 percentage points, or 3.02 times that in Chad.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Chad.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 121 and Zambia ranked 13 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 24.8% of GDP and Zambia at 56.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Chad | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.3 | 100.6 |
| 2024 | 31.4 | 125.5 |
| 2023 | 32.2 | 136.8 |
| 2022 | 32.1 | 99.5 |
| 2021 | 41.7 | 111 |
| 2020 | 41.6 | 140 |
| 2019 | 38.4 | 103.3 |
| 2018 | 33.8 | 81.2 |
| 2017 | 39.1 | 66.6 |
| 2016 | 40.2 | 61.2 |
| 2015 | 31.3 | 61.9 |
| 2014 | 29.4 | 33.9 |
| 2013 | 22.3 | 25.9 |
| 2012 | 20 | 24.9 |
| 2011 | 22.3 | 20.8 |
| 2010 | 22.9 | 18.9 |
| 2009 | 23.9 | 20.5 |
| 2008 | 15.7 | 19.2 |
| 2007 | 17.6 | 21.9 |
| 2006 | 20.1 | 25 |
| 2005 | 22 | 75.8 |
| 2004 | 25.2 | 129.9 |
| 2003 | 34.4 | 159.5 |
| 2002 | 42 | 180.2 |
| 2001 | 43.5 | 210.2 |
| 2000 | 52.4 | 261 |
| 1999 | 44.7 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Chad | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31.1 | 82.1 |
| 2027 | 29.6 | 77 |
| 2028 | 28.6 | 72.3 |
| 2029 | 27.3 | 67.2 |
| 2030 | 25.9 | 61.9 |
| 2031 | 24.8 | 56.7 |
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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990