Malawi vs Sudan

Malawi vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 96.6% of GDP in Malawi in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 124.8 percentage points, or 2.87 times that in Malawi.

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% of GDP · IMF

Malawi vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 96.6% of GDP in Malawi in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 124.8 percentage points, or 2.87 times that in Malawi.
MalawiSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malawi at 67.5% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMalawiSudan
202596.6204.4
202486.6282.3
202384.5286.9
202275.7189
202166.6191.3
202053.9278.8
201941.2216.5
201840.8209.8
201740149.5
201637.1109.9
201535.593.2
201433.584.4
201335.4105.8
201228.6117.7
20112078.1
201019.374.6
200923.571
200823.555.8
20071953.7
200617.963.7
200570.975.5
200474.797.8
200384.7117.4
2002101.5121.7
2001–125.6
2000–143.2
1999–160.5
1998–179.7
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
YearMalawiSudan
202678334.4
202775274.1
202871.8235.5
202969.6225.2
203068.3212
203167.5192.2

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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