Kosovo vs Montenegro

Kosovo vs Montenegro: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 17.5% of GDP in Kosovo and 63.5% of GDP in Montenegro, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Montenegro, by 46 percentage points, or 3.63 times that in Kosovo.

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% of GDP · IMF

Kosovo vs Montenegro: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 17.5% of GDP in Kosovo and 63.5% of GDP in Montenegro, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Montenegro, by 46 percentage points, or 3.63 times that in Kosovo.
KosovoMontenegroIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Montenegro has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
  • In 2025, Kosovo ranked 143 and Montenegro ranked 50 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kosovo at 22.7% of GDP and Montenegro at 64.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearKosovoMontenegro
202517.563.5
202417.959.8
202318.658.4
202221.469
202123.184.6
202024.3106.4
201917.777.4
201817.171
201716.464.9
201614.564.7
201513.467.4
201411.260.1
20139.455.7
20128.653.6
20115.645.9
20106.542
20096.940.7
200810.831.2
200714.328.3
200616.332.4
2005–38.6
2004–45.4
2003–48.7
2002–85.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKosovoMontenegro
202618.166.8
202718.861.1
202819.761.8
202920.762.5
203021.863.7
203122.764.9

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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