Côte d’Ivoire

Government debt in Côte d’Ivoire

Government debt in Côte d’Ivoire: 84.2% of GDP in 1997 and 57.2% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
57.2% of GDP
Since 1997
−27 percentage points
Rank, 2025
63 of 149
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
50.9% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in Côte d’IvoireGovernment debt in Côte d’Ivoire: 84.2% of GDP in 1997 and 57.2% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 50.9% 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 50.9% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 84.2% of GDP in 1997, the lowest 24.6% of GDP in 2013.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCôte d’Ivoire
202557.2
202459.5
202356.7
202256
202150.2
202046.3
201937.2
201835.3
201732.6
201631.1
201529.2
201426.7
201324.6
201224.7
201150
201045.6
200946.5
200851.2
200753.5
200657.5
200558.2
200456.7
200356.4
200263
200171.2
200074
199978
199875.2
199784.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCôte d’Ivoire
202657.8
202756.9
202855.3
202953.7
203052.2
203150.9

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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