Djibouti vs Eritrea

Djibouti vs Eritrea: Government debt

Government debt: 31.3% of GDP in Djibouti in 2025 and 260.4% of GDP in Eritrea in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 219.3 percentage points, or 6.33 times that in Djibouti.

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% of GDP · IMF

Djibouti vs Eritrea: Government debtGovernment debt: 31.3% of GDP in Djibouti in 2025 and 260.4% of GDP in Eritrea in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 219.3 percentage points, or 6.33 times that in Djibouti.
DjiboutiEritreaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Djibouti at 15.6% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearDjiboutiEritrea
202531.3–
202434–
202335.6–
202238.3–
202140.3–
202042.1–
201941.1260.4
201847.5267.1
201748290.4
201645.9251.2
201540.3271.4
201426.9204.5
201324.6232.4
201225.1171.6
201125.7171.6
201027.9201.8
200929.5207.1
2008–259.7
2007–201.3
2006–199
2005–205.4
2004–193.5
2003–264
2002–243.4
2001–238.6
2000–219.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearDjiboutiEritrea
202628.7–
202725.9–
202823.3–
202920.5–
203017.9–
203115.6–

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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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