Niger vs Sudan

Niger vs Sudan: Government debt

Government debt: 45.5% of GDP in Niger in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 140 percentage points, or 3.73 times that in Niger.

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% of GDP · IMF

Niger vs Sudan: Government debtGovernment debt: 45.5% of GDP in Niger in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 140 percentage points, or 3.73 times that in Niger.
NigerSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1995.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Niger at 43.4% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearNigerSudan
202545.5204.4
202448.1282.3
202351.4286.9
202250.7189
202151.3191.3
202045278.8
201939.8216.5
201837209.8
201736.5149.5
201632.8109.9
201529.993.2
201422.184.4
201319.6105.8
201218.1117.7
201114.878.1
201015.174.6
200915.971
200814.255.8
200717.853.7
200618.363.7
200549.575.5
200455.197.8
200360.6117.4
200269121.7
200174125.6
200082.1143.2
199963.4160.5
199861.3179.7
199769.1167.7
199663.5220.9
199569.4239
1994–386.5
1993–285.9
1992–495.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigerSudan
202646.3334.4
202745.4274.1
202844.8235.5
202944.2225.2
203043.8212
203143.4192.2

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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