Congo - Kinshasa vs Mozambique

Congo - Kinshasa vs Mozambique: Government debt

Government debt in 2023: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 73.6 percentage points, or 5.28 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Mozambique: Government debtGovernment debt in 2023: 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 73.6 percentage points, or 5.28 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaMozambiqueIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique 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 Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaMozambique
202317.290.8
202216.697.3
202115.6101.4
202012.8120
20199.798.3
20189.2105.5
20178.4103.8
201610.6124.8
201510.286
20148.763.4
20138.349.5
20127.636.7
20117.834.2
201031.838.6
200991.639.3
200880.332.8
200785.131.2
2006107.540
200511260.1
2004164.150.8
2003114.563.2
200213663.4
2001185.499.8
200013595.8
1999–94.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2024–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaMozambique
202417.391.2
202520.490.3
202623.791
202726.998.6
202828.4104.8
202930109.8
203031.5108.8
203132.698.7

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.

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