Congo - Kinshasa vs Ethiopia

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ethiopia: Government debt

Government debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 21.5 percentage points, or 2.25 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ethiopia: Government debtGovernment debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 21.5 percentage points, or 2.25 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 32.6% of GDP and Ethiopia at 27.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaEthiopia
202417.333.5
202317.238.7
202216.647
202115.653.8
202012.853.3
20199.754.7
20189.258.5
20178.455.3
201610.651.8
201510.250.7
20148.744.2
20138.344.1
20127.639.4
20117.844.6
201031.839.4
200991.630
200880.356.1
200785.155.7
2006107.579.6
200511278.2
2004164.1103.1
2003114.5103.7
2002136107.4
2001185.497.3
200013593.6
1999–97.8
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) · 2025–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaEthiopia
202520.443.3
202623.740.7
202726.937
202828.434.2
20293031.8
203031.529.7
203132.627.5

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.

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