Kenya vs Mozambique

Kenya vs Mozambique: Government debt

Government debt: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya in 2025 and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 17.4 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Kenya.

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% of GDP · IMF

Kenya vs Mozambique: Government debtGovernment debt: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya in 2025 and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 17.4 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Kenya.
KenyaMozambiqueIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Kenya.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kenya at 74% of GDP and Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearKenyaMozambique
202571.390.3
202467.391.2
202373.490.8
202267.897.3
202168.2101.4
202068120
201959.198.3
201856.5105.5
201753.9103.8
201650.4124.8
201545.886
201441.363.4
201339.849.5
201237.636.7
201135.734.2
201036.738.6
20093639.3
200834.332.8
200734.231.2
200637.140
200537.460.1
200440.850.8
200343.863.2
20024263.4
200141.399.8
200043.195.8
199938.494.7
199838.5–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKenyaMozambique
202672.991
202773.898.6
202874.5104.8
202974.4109.8
203074.3108.8
20317498.7

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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