Mali vs Niger

Mali vs Niger: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Mali and 45.5% of GDP in Niger, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Niger, by 5.2 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mali vs Niger: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Mali and 45.5% of GDP in Niger, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Niger, by 5.2 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Mali.
MaliNigerIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Niger has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Mali ranked 105 and Niger ranked 90 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mali at 39.8% of GDP and Niger at 43.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMaliNiger
202540.345.5
20244448.1
202344.251.4
20224350.7
202143.251.3
202039.945
201934.339.8
201831.437
201730.236.5
201630.132.8
201525.829.9
201422.622.1
201322.219.6
201221.318.1
201120.114.8
201021.815.1
200918.815.9
200817.314.2
200715.617.8
200615.418.3
200539.549.5
200436.155.1
200337.760.6
20023669
200166.374
20007782.1
1999–63.4
1998–61.3
1997–69.1
1996–63.5
1995–69.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMaliNiger
202639.746.3
20273945.4
202838.944.8
202939.144.2
203039.443.8
203139.843.4

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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