South Sudan vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 64.2% of GDP in South Sudan and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 11 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Uganda.

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% of GDP · IMF

South SudanUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

South Sudan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Uganda.
In 2025, South Sudan ranked 49 and Uganda ranked 73 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Sudan at 46.3% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	South Sudan	Uganda
2025	64.2	53.2
2024	53.7	51.8
2023	60.7	50.4
2022	42.2	49.9
2021	56.4	50.3
2020	48.3	46.8
2019	43.4	38
2018	84.3	35
2017	77.5	33.6
2016	128.9	31.3
2015	58.2	28
2014	39.6	24.8
2013	17.6	22.1
2012	8.9	19.5
2011	–	18
2010	–	18.4
2009	–	14.8
2008	–	15.7
2007	–	17
2006	–	27.8
2005	–	42.6
2004	–	49
2003	–	55.1
2002	–	54.7
2001	–	51.4
2000	–	48.6
1999	–	47.7
1998	–	45.1
1997	–	44.2

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	South Sudan	Uganda
2026	43.2	55.1
2027	43	54.9
2028	44.4	55.1
2029	45.4	56
2030	45.7	56.8
2031	46.3	57.2

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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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South Sudan vs Uganda: Government debt

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