Tanzania vs Netherlands

Tanzania vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 1.9 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · IMF

Tanzania vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 1.9 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Netherlands.
TanzaniaNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Tanzania has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tanzania at 41.4% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearTanzaniaNetherlands
202549.844.7
20245044
202347.845.9
202244.948.4
202143.450.5
202041.353.4
201940.447.7
20184251.6
201740.156
201639.860.9
201539.563.8
201436.467.2
201332.767.2
201230.165.7
201128.461.2
201027.658.9
200923.956.3
200821.654.4
200723.842.7
200634.545
200546.149.6
200444.550.1
200344.449.8
200247.448.7
200150.849.4
2000–52.2
1999–58.6
1998–62.7
1997–65.7
1996–71.3
1995–73
1994–73.5
1993–76.7
1992–75.6
1991–74.8
1990–75
1989–73.7
1988–73.7
1987–71.3
1986–69
1985–67.1
1984–61.9
1983–58.4
1982–52.4
1981–46.9
1980–43.6
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearTanzaniaNetherlands
202648.145.4
202746.645.7
202845.245.8
202943.946.3
203042.947.1
203141.448

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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