Kenya vs Sudan

Kenya vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 123.1 percentage points, or 2.8 times that in Kenya.

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% of GDP · IMF

Kenya vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 123.1 percentage points, or 2.8 times that in Kenya.
KenyaSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kenya at 74% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearKenyaSudan
202571.3204.4
202467.3282.3
202373.4286.9
202267.8189
202168.2191.3
202068278.8
201959.1216.5
201856.5209.8
201753.9149.5
201650.4109.9
201545.893.2
201441.384.4
201339.8105.8
201237.6117.7
201135.778.1
201036.774.6
20093671
200834.355.8
200734.253.7
200637.163.7
200537.475.5
200440.897.8
200343.8117.4
200242121.7
200141.3125.6
200043.1143.2
199938.4160.5
199838.5179.7
1997–167.7
1996–220.9
1995–239
1994–386.5
1993–285.9
1992–495.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKenyaSudan
202672.9334.4
202773.8274.1
202874.5235.5
202974.4225.2
203074.3212
203174192.2

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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