Congo - Kinshasa vs Guinea

Congo - Kinshasa vs Guinea: Government debt

Government debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 36.3% of GDP in Guinea in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guinea, by 8.7 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · IMF

All yearsSince 2010
ValuesChange
LinearLog
Projection
Congo - Kinshasa vs Guinea: Government debtGovernment debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 36.3% of GDP in Guinea in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guinea, by 8.7 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaGuineaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Latest figures

% of GDP · IMF

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025Projected
Congo - Kinshasa17.2 20238.3—32.6 2031
Guinea36.3 202527.3112 of 14920.1 2031

What the numbers say

  • Guinea 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 Guinea at 20.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaGuinea
202520.436.3
202417.332
202317.225.9
202216.625.7
202115.627.9
202012.829
20199.725.4
20189.226
20178.424.7
201610.625.9
201510.227.3
20148.720.1
20138.319.6
20127.616.7
20117.836.1
201031.851.9
200991.640.2
200880.342.7
200785.145.8
2006107.575.2
200511276.1
2004164.166.6
2003114.566.6
200213668.9
2001185.474.2
200013575.7
1999–78.6
1998–65.9
1997–58.9
1996–59.5
1995–59.4
1994–63.7
1993–61.6
1992–55.4
1991–63.3
1990–64
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaGuinea
202623.734.8
202726.931.9
202828.428
20293024.4
203031.522.2
203132.620.1

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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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