Mozambique vs Uganda

Mozambique vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023 and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 40.5 percentage points, or 1.8 times that in Uganda.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mozambique vs Uganda: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023 and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 40.5 percentage points, or 1.8 times that in Uganda.
MozambiqueUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMozambiqueUganda
202590.353.2
202491.251.8
202390.850.4
202297.349.9
2021101.450.3
202012046.8
201998.338
2018105.535
2017103.833.6
2016124.831.3
20158628
201463.424.8
201349.522.1
201236.719.5
201134.218
201038.618.4
200939.314.8
200832.815.7
200731.217
20064027.8
200560.142.6
200450.849
200363.255.1
200263.454.7
200199.851.4
200095.848.6
199994.747.7
1998–45.1
1997–44.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMozambiqueUganda
20269155.1
202798.654.9
2028104.855.1
2029109.856
2030108.856.8
203198.757.2

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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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