Madagascar
Government debt in Madagascar
Government debt in Madagascar: 92.7% of GDP in 1990 and 47.8% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 47.8% of GDP
- Since 1990
- −45 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 85 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 49.7% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 49.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 113.8% of GDP in 1991, the lowest 28.2% of GDP in 2007.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Madagascar |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.8 |
| 2024 | 49.8 |
| 2023 | 52.2 |
| 2022 | 49.8 |
| 2021 | 49.4 |
| 2020 | 52.9 |
| 2019 | 41.3 |
| 2018 | 42.9 |
| 2017 | 40.1 |
| 2016 | 40.3 |
| 2015 | 44.1 |
| 2014 | 37.9 |
| 2013 | 36.2 |
| 2012 | 30.4 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2010 | 32.3 |
| 2009 | 34.9 |
| 2008 | 31 |
| 2007 | 28.2 |
| 2006 | 32.2 |
| 2005 | 74.4 |
| 2004 | 81.9 |
| 2003 | 85.9 |
| 2002 | 86.7 |
| 2001 | 82.1 |
| 2000 | 90.2 |
| 1999 | 104.1 |
| 1998 | 108.5 |
| 1997 | 89.7 |
| 1996 | 98.7 |
| 1995 | 95.8 |
| 1994 | 96 |
| 1993 | 105.2 |
| 1992 | 110.9 |
| 1991 | 113.8 |
| 1990 | 92.7 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Madagascar |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 49.8 |
| 2027 | 50.6 |
| 2028 | 50.9 |
| 2029 | 50.9 |
| 2030 | 49.9 |
| 2031 | 49.7 |
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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- Military spending0.62% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$111M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.15% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2025