Mali vs South Sudan

Mali vs South Sudan: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Mali and 64.2% of GDP in South Sudan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 23.9 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mali vs South Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Mali and 64.2% of GDP in South Sudan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 23.9 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Mali.
MaliSouth SudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • South Sudan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Mali ranked 105 and South Sudan ranked 49 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mali at 39.8% of GDP and South Sudan at 46.3% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMaliSouth Sudan
202540.364.2
20244453.7
202344.260.7
20224342.2
202143.256.4
202039.948.3
201934.343.4
201831.484.3
201730.277.5
201630.1128.9
201525.858.2
201422.639.6
201322.217.6
201221.38.9
201120.1–
201021.8–
200918.8–
200817.3–
200715.6–
200615.4–
200539.5–
200436.1–
200337.7–
200236–
200166.3–
200077–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMaliSouth Sudan
202639.743.2
20273943
202838.944.4
202939.145.4
203039.445.7
203139.846.3

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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