France vs Kenya

France vs Kenya: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 115.5% of GDP in France and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 44.2 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Kenya.

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% of GDP · IMF

France vs Kenya: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 115.5% of GDP in France and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 44.2 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Kenya.
FranceKenyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
  • In 2025, France ranked 7 and Kenya ranked 36 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts France at 123.6% of GDP and Kenya at 74% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearFranceKenya
2025115.571.3
2024112.667.3
2023109.573.4
2022111.467.8
2021112.868.2
2020114.968
201998.259.1
201898.556.5
201798.853.9
201698.250.4
20159745.8
201496.241.3
201394.639.8
201291.737.6
201188.835.7
201086.336.7
200984.136
200869.834.3
200765.534.2
200665.437.1
200568.237.4
200466.940.8
200365.443.8
200261.342
200159.341.3
200059.743.1
199961.438.4
199862.138.5
199762–
199660.6–
199557.8–
199451.6–
199348.2–
199241.7–
199137.8–
199036.8–
198935.5–
198834.7–
198734.8–
198632.4–
198531.9–
198430.2–
198327.7–
198226.2–
198122.7–
198021.3–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearFranceKenya
2026118.572.9
2027120.473.8
2028121.774.5
2029122.674.4
2030123.274.3
2031123.674

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.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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