Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 48.8% of GDP in Ghana and 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 8.3 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Ghana.

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% of GDP · IMF

Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 48.8% of GDP in Ghana and 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 8.3 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Ghana.
GhanaCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ghana.
  • In 2025, Ghana ranked 84 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 63 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ghana at 47.3% of GDP and Côte d’Ivoire at 50.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearGhanaCôte d’Ivoire
202548.857.2
202470.159.5
202379.156.7
202292.756
202186.950.2
202079.146.3
201962.937.2
20186235.3
20175732.6
201655.931.1
201553.929.2
201450.126.7
201342.924.6
201235.524.7
201131.250
201032.945.6
200925.446.5
200823.251.2
200721.153.5
200617.357.5
200531.758.2
200438.456.7
200349.356.4
200254.163
200157.871.2
200074.574
199951.778
199837.675.2
199745.284.2
199642.9–
199547.6–
199450.6–
199334.1–
199221.3–
199117.3–
199017.8–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGhanaCôte d’Ivoire
202651.757.8
202750.856.9
202849.755.3
20294953.7
203048.252.2
203147.350.9

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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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