Guinea-Bissau

Government debt in Guinea-Bissau

Government debt in Guinea-Bissau: 94.3% of GDP in 1997 and 82.4% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2024
82.4% of GDP
Since 1997
−11.9 percentage points
Projected, 2031
65.6% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in Guinea-BissauGovernment debt in Guinea-Bissau: 94.3% of GDP in 1997 and 82.4% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 65.6% of GDP in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 65.6% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 217.1% of GDP in 2000, the lowest 45.6% of GDP in 2011.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearGuinea-Bissau
202482.4
202379.4
202280.7
202178.8
202077.6
201965.1
201859.1
201751.8
201659.1
201556.4
201460.1
201349.7
201247.4
201145.6
201061.7
2009148.3
2008148.8
2007164
2006190.4
2005203.7
2004202
2003183.4
2002197.5
2001204.4
2000217.1
1999109.9
1998109.1
199794.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearGuinea-Bissau
202575.1
202673.9
202772
202870.1
202968.2
203066.6
203165.6

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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