Mozambique vs Zimbabwe

Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Government debt

Government debt: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023 and 38% of GDP in Zimbabwe in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 14.7 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Zimbabwe.

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% of GDP · IMF

Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Government debtGovernment debt: 90.8% of GDP in Mozambique in 2023 and 38% of GDP in Zimbabwe in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 14.7 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Zimbabwe.
MozambiqueZimbabweIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mozambique at 98.7% of GDP and Zimbabwe at 25.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearMozambiqueZimbabwe
202590.338
202491.270.4
202390.876.1
202297.366.8
2021101.439.9
202012056.8
201998.353.9
2018105.533
2017103.849
2016124.835.1
20158634.1
201463.429.2
201349.526.4
201236.727.2
201134.230
201038.633.2
200939.339.7
200832.841.3
200731.230.2
20064026.7
200560.122.4
200450.8–
200363.2–
200263.4–
200199.8–
200095.8–
199994.7–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMozambiqueZimbabwe
20269133.5
202798.630.6
2028104.830.2
2029109.828.2
2030108.826.7
203198.725.7

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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