Tanzania vs Uganda

Tanzania vs Uganda: Government debt

Government debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Uganda, by 2.6 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Tanzania.

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% of GDP · IMF

Tanzania vs Uganda: Government debtGovernment debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 53.2% of GDP in Uganda in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Uganda, by 2.6 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Tanzania.
TanzaniaUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tanzania at 41.4% of GDP and Uganda at 57.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearTanzaniaUganda
202549.853.2
20245051.8
202347.850.4
202244.949.9
202143.450.3
202041.346.8
201940.438
20184235
201740.133.6
201639.831.3
201539.528
201436.424.8
201332.722.1
201230.119.5
201128.418
201027.618.4
200923.914.8
200821.615.7
200723.817
200634.527.8
200546.142.6
200444.549
200344.455.1
200247.454.7
200150.851.4
2000–48.6
1999–47.7
1998–45.1
1997–44.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearTanzaniaUganda
202648.155.1
202746.654.9
202845.255.1
202943.956
203042.956.8
203141.457.2

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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