Mozambique vs Niger

Mozambique vs Niger: Government debt

Government debt: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023 and 45.5% of GDP in Niger in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 39.5 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Niger.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mozambique vs Niger: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023 and 45.5% of GDP in Niger in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 39.5 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Niger.
MozambiqueNigerIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Niger.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP and Niger at 43.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMozambiqueNiger
202590.345.5
202491.248.1
202390.851.4
202297.350.7
2021101.451.3
202012045
201998.339.8
2018105.537
2017103.836.5
2016124.832.8
20158629.9
201463.422.1
201349.519.6
201236.718.1
201134.214.8
201038.615.1
200939.315.9
200832.814.2
200731.217.8
20064018.3
200560.149.5
200450.855.1
200363.260.6
200263.469
200199.874
200095.882.1
199994.763.4
1998–61.3
1997–69.1
1996–63.5
1995–69.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMozambiqueNiger
20269146.3
202798.645.4
2028104.844.8
2029109.844.2
2030108.843.8
203198.743.4

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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