Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 14.1 percentage points, or 1.25 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of GDP · IMF

Côte d’IvoireKenyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 63 and Kenya ranked 36 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 50.9% of GDP and Kenya at 74% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Kenya
2025	57.2	71.3
2024	59.5	67.3
2023	56.7	73.4
2022	56	67.8
2021	50.2	68.2
2020	46.3	68
2019	37.2	59.1
2018	35.3	56.5
2017	32.6	53.9
2016	31.1	50.4
2015	29.2	45.8
2014	26.7	41.3
2013	24.6	39.8
2012	24.7	37.6
2011	50	35.7
2010	45.6	36.7
2009	46.5	36
2008	51.2	34.3
2007	53.5	34.2
2006	57.5	37.1
2005	58.2	37.4
2004	56.7	40.8
2003	56.4	43.8
2002	63	42
2001	71.2	41.3
2000	74	43.1
1999	78	38.4
1998	75.2	38.5
1997	84.2	–

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Kenya
2026	57.8	72.9
2027	56.9	73.8
2028	55.3	74.5
2029	53.7	74.4
2030	52.2	74.3
2031	50.9	74

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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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