Kenya vs Mali

Kenya vs Mali: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 31 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Kenya vs Mali: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 31 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Mali.
KenyaMaliIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Kenya ranked 36 and Mali ranked 105 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kenya at 74% of GDP and Mali at 39.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearKenyaMali
202571.340.3
202467.344
202373.444.2
202267.843
202168.243.2
20206839.9
201959.134.3
201856.531.4
201753.930.2
201650.430.1
201545.825.8
201441.322.6
201339.822.2
201237.621.3
201135.720.1
201036.721.8
20093618.8
200834.317.3
200734.215.6
200637.115.4
200537.439.5
200440.836.1
200343.837.7
20024236
200141.366.3
200043.177
199938.4–
199838.5–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKenyaMali
202672.939.7
202773.839
202874.538.9
202974.439.1
203074.339.4
20317439.8

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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