Kosovo vs North Macedonia

Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 17.5% of GDP in Kosovo and 52.6% of GDP in North Macedonia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in North Macedonia, by 35.1 percentage points, or 3.01 times that in Kosovo.

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% of GDP · IMF

Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 17.5% of GDP in Kosovo and 52.6% of GDP in North Macedonia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in North Macedonia, by 35.1 percentage points, or 3.01 times that in Kosovo.
KosovoNorth MacedoniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • North Macedonia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
  • In 2025, Kosovo ranked 143 and North Macedonia ranked 77 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kosovo at 22.7% of GDP and North Macedonia at 56% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearKosovoNorth Macedonia
202517.552.6
202417.954
202318.650.6
202221.450.9
202123.152.8
202024.350.8
201917.740.5
201817.140.4
201716.439.4
201614.539.8
201513.438
201411.238.1
20139.434.1
20128.633.7
20115.627.7
20106.524.3
20096.923.8
200810.820.4
200714.323.5
200616.330.6
2005–36.7
2004–34.6
2003–36.5
2002–40.5
2001–45.2
2000–45.6
1999–29.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKosovoNorth Macedonia
202618.153.8
202718.854.6
202819.754.7
202920.755
203021.855.4
203122.756

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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