Eritrea vs Sudan

Eritrea vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 260.4% of GDP in Eritrea in 2019 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 43.9 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Sudan.

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% of GDP · IMF

Eritrea vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 260.4% of GDP in Eritrea in 2019 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 43.9 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Sudan.
EritreaSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEritreaSudan
2021–191.3
2020–278.8
2019260.4216.5
2018267.1209.8
2017290.4149.5
2016251.2109.9
2015271.493.2
2014204.584.4
2013232.4105.8
2012171.6117.7
2011171.678.1
2010201.874.6
2009207.171
2008259.755.8
2007201.353.7
200619963.7
2005205.475.5
2004193.597.8
2003264117.4
2002243.4121.7
2001238.6125.6
2000219.1143.2
1999–160.5
1998–179.7
1997–167.7
1996–220.9
1995–239
1994–386.5
1993–285.9
1992–495.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2022–2031
YearEritreaSudan
2022–189
2023–286.9
2024–282.3
2025–204.4
2026–334.4
2027–274.1
2028–235.5
2029–225.2
2030–212
2031–192.2

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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