Tanzania vs Thailand

Tanzania vs Thailand: Government debt

Government debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Thailand, by 14.4 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Tanzania.

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% of GDP · IMF

Tanzania vs Thailand: Government debtGovernment debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Thailand, by 14.4 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Tanzania.
TanzaniaThailandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Thailand has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tanzania at 41.4% of GDP and Thailand at 69.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearTanzaniaThailand
20245062.9
202347.862.2
202244.960.6
202143.458.4
202041.349.4
201940.441.1
20184241.9
201740.141.8
201639.841.7
201539.542.6
201436.443.3
201332.742.2
201230.141.9
201128.439.1
201027.639.8
200923.942.4
200821.635
200723.836
200634.539.2
200546.145.5
200444.546.3
200344.447.5
200247.454.9
200150.857.5
2000–57.8
1999–56.6
1998–49.9
1997–40.5
1996–15.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearTanzaniaThailand
202549.864.7
202648.167.2
202746.668.5
202845.269.1
202943.969.4
203042.969.6
203141.469.8

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.

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