Niger vs Uganda

Niger vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 45.5% of GDP in Niger and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Niger.

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% of GDP · IMF

Niger vs Uganda: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 45.5% of GDP in Niger and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Niger.
NigerUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Niger.
  • In 2025, Niger ranked 90 and Uganda ranked 73 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Niger at 43.4% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearNigerUganda
202545.553.2
202448.151.8
202351.450.4
202250.749.9
202151.350.3
20204546.8
201939.838
20183735
201736.533.6
201632.831.3
201529.928
201422.124.8
201319.622.1
201218.119.5
201114.818
201015.118.4
200915.914.8
200814.215.7
200717.817
200618.327.8
200549.542.6
200455.149
200360.655.1
20026954.7
20017451.4
200082.148.6
199963.447.7
199861.345.1
199769.144.2
199663.5–
199569.4–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigerUganda
202646.355.1
202745.454.9
202844.855.1
202944.256
203043.856.8
203143.457.2

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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