Mali vs Uganda

Mali vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Mali and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 12.9 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Mali.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mali vs Uganda: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Mali and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 12.9 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Mali.
MaliUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Mali ranked 105 and Uganda ranked 73 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mali at 39.8% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMaliUganda
202540.353.2
20244451.8
202344.250.4
20224349.9
202143.250.3
202039.946.8
201934.338
201831.435
201730.233.6
201630.131.3
201525.828
201422.624.8
201322.222.1
201221.319.5
201120.118
201021.818.4
200918.814.8
200817.315.7
200715.617
200615.427.8
200539.542.6
200436.149
200337.755.1
20023654.7
200166.351.4
20007748.6
1999–47.7
1998–45.1
1997–44.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMaliUganda
202639.755.1
20273954.9
202838.955.1
202939.156
203039.456.8
203139.857.2

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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