Russia vs Tanzania

Russia vs Tanzania: Government debt

Government debt: 16.6% of GDP in Russia in 2025 and 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 32.6 percentage points, or 3.15 times that in Russia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Russia vs Tanzania: Government debtGovernment debt: 16.6% of GDP in Russia in 2025 and 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 32.6 percentage points, or 3.15 times that in Russia.
RussiaTanzaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Russia at 30.7% of GDP and Tanzania at 41.4% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearRussiaTanzania
202516.649.8
202414.850
202315.247.8
202215.144.9
202116.543.4
202019.241.3
201913.840.4
201813.642
201714.340.1
201614.939.8
201515.339.5
201415.136.4
201312.432.7
201211.230.1
201110.328.4
201010.127.6
20099.923.9
20087.421.6
2007823.8
20069.834.5
200514.946.1
200420.844.5
200328.344.4
200237.647.4
200144.450.8
200055.9–
199992.4–
1998135.2–
199751.5–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearRussiaTanzania
202619.348.1
202722.246.6
202824.845.2
202927.243.9
203029.142.9
203130.741.4

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.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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