Malawi vs Mozambique

Malawi vs Mozambique: Government debt

Government debt: 96.6% of GDP in Malawi in 2025 and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 6.3 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Malawi.

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% of GDP · IMF

Malawi vs Mozambique: Government debtGovernment debt: 96.6% of GDP in Malawi in 2025 and 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 6.3 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Malawi.
MalawiMozambiqueIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malawi at 67.5% of GDP and Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMalawiMozambique
202596.690.3
202486.691.2
202384.590.8
202275.797.3
202166.6101.4
202053.9120
201941.298.3
201840.8105.5
201740103.8
201637.1124.8
201535.586
201433.563.4
201335.449.5
201228.636.7
20112034.2
201019.338.6
200923.539.3
200823.532.8
20071931.2
200617.940
200570.960.1
200474.750.8
200384.763.2
2002101.563.4
2001–99.8
2000–95.8
1999–94.7
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalawiMozambique
20267891
20277598.6
202871.8104.8
202969.6109.8
203068.3108.8
203167.598.7

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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