Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Government debt

Government debt: 31.3% of GDP in Djibouti in 2025 and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · IMF

DjiboutiEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Djibouti has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ethiopia.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Djibouti at 15.6% of GDP and Ethiopia at 27.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Djibouti	Ethiopia
2025	31.3	43.3
2024	34	33.5
2023	35.6	38.7
2022	38.3	47
2021	40.3	53.8
2020	42.1	53.3
2019	41.1	54.7
2018	47.5	58.5
2017	48	55.3
2016	45.9	51.8
2015	40.3	50.7
2014	26.9	44.2
2013	24.6	44.1
2012	25.1	39.4
2011	25.7	44.6
2010	27.9	39.4
2009	29.5	30
2008	–	56.1
2007	–	55.7
2006	–	79.6
2005	–	78.2
2004	–	103.1
2003	–	103.7
2002	–	107.4
2001	–	97.3
2000	–	93.6
1999	–	97.8
1998	–	89.3
1997	–	80.3
1996	–	132.8
1995	–	146.6
1994	–	155.2
1993	–	141
1992	–	87.9

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Djibouti	Ethiopia
2026	28.7	40.7
2027	25.9	37
2028	23.3	34.2
2029	20.5	31.8
2030	17.9	29.7
2031	15.6	27.5

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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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