Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria

Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 21.1 percentage points, or 1.58 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 36.1% of GDP in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 21.1 percentage points, or 1.58 times that in Nigeria.
Côte d’IvoireNigeriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Côte d’Ivoire has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
  • In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 63 and Nigeria ranked 114 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 Nigeria at 31.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCôte d’IvoireNigeria
202557.236.1
202459.539.3
202356.736.3
20225629.8
202150.226.6
202046.325.7
201937.221.4
201835.320.4
201732.618
201631.117.4
201529.214.9
201426.715.8
201324.613
201224.712.5
20115012.4
201045.66.7
200946.56.1
200851.25.2
200753.55.8
200657.56.7
200558.213.5
200456.725.2
200356.429.9
20026330.7
200171.237.7
20007440.9
19997846.1
199875.215.8
199784.217.1
1996–17.9
1995–24.2
1994–39.7
1993–50.4
1992–49.8
1991–53.2
1990–50.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCôte d’IvoireNigeria
202657.834.7
202756.932.8
202855.332.9
202953.732.5
203052.232.2
203150.931.9

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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