Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan

Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan: Government debt

Government debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 213.6% of GDP in Japan in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Japan, by 202.9 percentage points, or 13 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan: Government debtGovernment debt: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 213.6% of GDP in Japan in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Japan, by 202.9 percentage points, or 13 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaJapanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 32.6% of GDP and Japan at 188.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaJapan
202417.3213.6
202317.2220.1
202216.6228
202115.6222.6
202012.8228.8
20199.7206.3
20189.2203.7
20178.4203.1
201610.6202.1
201510.2200.1
20148.7203.6
20138.3201.2
20127.6197.1
20117.8190.6
201031.8178.6
200991.6172.9
200880.3153.6
200785.1150.4
2006107.5152.1
2005112153.4
2004164.1148.8
2003114.5140.2
2002136134.6
2001185.4126.8
2000135118.5
1999–113.5
1998–101.6
1997–91.3
1996–85.3
1995–80.7
1994–73.3
1993–63.2
1992–57.9
1991–54.1
1990–54.8
1989–56.9
1988–62.4
1987–65.8
1986–64.2
1985–59.2
1984–56.9
1983–55.1
1982–50.1
1981–45.8
1980–41.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaJapan
202520.4204.8
202623.7199.4
202726.9196.4
202828.4193.8
202930191.5
203031.5190.1
203132.6188.9

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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.

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