Mozambique vs Tanzania

Mozambique vs Tanzania: Government debt

Government debt in 2023: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique and 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 43 percentage points, or 1.9 times that in Tanzania.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mozambique vs Tanzania: Government debtGovernment debt in 2023: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique and 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 43 percentage points, or 1.9 times that in Tanzania.
MozambiqueTanzaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP and Tanzania at 41.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMozambiqueTanzania
202390.847.8
202297.344.9
2021101.443.4
202012041.3
201998.340.4
2018105.542
2017103.840.1
2016124.839.8
20158639.5
201463.436.4
201349.532.7
201236.730.1
201134.228.4
201038.627.6
200939.323.9
200832.821.6
200731.223.8
20064034.5
200560.146.1
200450.844.5
200363.244.4
200263.447.4
200199.850.8
200095.8–
199994.7–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2024–2031
YearMozambiqueTanzania
202491.250
202590.349.8
20269148.1
202798.646.6
2028104.845.2
2029109.843.9
2030108.842.9
203198.741.4

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.

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