Ethiopia vs Sudan

Ethiopia vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 137.5 percentage points, or 3.56 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Ethiopia vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 33.5% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2024 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 137.5 percentage points, or 3.56 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 27.5% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearEthiopiaSudan
202433.5282.3
202338.7286.9
202247189
202153.8191.3
202053.3278.8
201954.7216.5
201858.5209.8
201755.3149.5
201651.8109.9
201550.793.2
201444.284.4
201344.1105.8
201239.4117.7
201144.678.1
201039.474.6
20093071
200856.155.8
200755.753.7
200679.663.7
200578.275.5
2004103.197.8
2003103.7117.4
2002107.4121.7
200197.3125.6
200093.6143.2
199997.8160.5
199889.3179.7
199780.3167.7
1996132.8220.9
1995146.6239
1994155.2386.5
1993141285.9
199287.9495.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEthiopiaSudan
202543.3204.4
202640.7334.4
202737274.1
202834.2235.5
202931.8225.2
203029.7212
203127.5192.2

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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