Malawi vs Mali

Malawi vs Mali: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 96.6% of GDP in Malawi and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 56.3 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Malawi vs Mali: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 96.6% of GDP in Malawi and 40.3% of GDP in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 56.3 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Mali.
MalawiMaliIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Malawi ranked 20 and Mali ranked 105 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malawi at 67.5% of GDP and Mali at 39.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMalawiMali
202596.640.3
202486.644
202384.544.2
202275.743
202166.643.2
202053.939.9
201941.234.3
201840.831.4
20174030.2
201637.130.1
201535.525.8
201433.522.6
201335.422.2
201228.621.3
20112020.1
201019.321.8
200923.518.8
200823.517.3
20071915.6
200617.915.4
200570.939.5
200474.736.1
200384.737.7
2002101.536
2001–66.3
2000–77
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalawiMali
20267839.7
20277539
202871.838.9
202969.639.1
203068.339.4
203167.539.8

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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