Egypt vs Ethiopia

Egypt vs Ethiopia: Government debt

Government debt in 2024: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 57.5 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Egypt vs Ethiopia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2024: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt and 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 57.5 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Ethiopia.
EgyptEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP and Ethiopia at 27.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEgyptEthiopia
202490.933.5
202395.938.7
202288.547
202189.953.8
202086.253.3
201980.154.7
20188858.5
201797.855.3
201691.651.8
201583.850.7
201480.944.2
201379.844.1
201269.939.4
201172.844.6
201069.639.4
200969.530
200866.856.1
200776.355.7
200685.979.6
200598.378.2
200496.5103.1
200397.1103.7
200285.8107.4
200179.297.3
200071.793.6
199972.497.8
199873.889.3
1997–80.3
1996–132.8
1995–146.6
1994–155.2
1993–141
1992–87.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEgyptEthiopia
202586.843.3
20268440.7
202782.937
202881.434.2
20297831.8
20307529.7
203171.527.5

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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