Congo - Kinshasa vs France

Congo - Kinshasa vs France: Government debt

Government debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 115.5% of GDP in France in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in France, by 92.3 percentage points, or 6.37 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs France: Government debtGovernment debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 115.5% of GDP in France in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in France, by 92.3 percentage points, or 6.37 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • France 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 France at 123.6% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaFrance
202520.4115.5
202417.3112.6
202317.2109.5
202216.6111.4
202115.6112.8
202012.8114.9
20199.798.2
20189.298.5
20178.498.8
201610.698.2
201510.297
20148.796.2
20138.394.6
20127.691.7
20117.888.8
201031.886.3
200991.684.1
200880.369.8
200785.165.5
2006107.565.4
200511268.2
2004164.166.9
2003114.565.4
200213661.3
2001185.459.3
200013559.7
1999–61.4
1998–62.1
1997–62
1996–60.6
1995–57.8
1994–51.6
1993–48.2
1992–41.7
1991–37.8
1990–36.8
1989–35.5
1988–34.7
1987–34.8
1986–32.4
1985–31.9
1984–30.2
1983–27.7
1982–26.2
1981–22.7
1980–21.3
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaFrance
202623.7118.5
202726.9120.4
202828.4121.7
202930122.6
203031.5123.2
203132.6123.6

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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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