Rwanda
Government debt in Rwanda
Government debt in Rwanda: 100.8% of GDP in 1995 and 64.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 64.7% of GDP
- Since 1995
- −36.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 48 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 59.9% 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 59.9% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 100.8% of GDP in 1995, the lowest 18.5% of GDP in 2008.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Rwanda |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.7 |
| 2024 | 63.4 |
| 2023 | 61.6 |
| 2022 | 59 |
| 2021 | 66.2 |
| 2020 | 66.7 |
| 2019 | 52.8 |
| 2018 | 49.2 |
| 2017 | 46.1 |
| 2016 | 41.5 |
| 2015 | 33.5 |
| 2014 | 29.5 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2012 | 19.3 |
| 2011 | 18.9 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2009 | 18.7 |
| 2008 | 18.5 |
| 2007 | 22.4 |
| 2006 | 22.8 |
| 2005 | 58.9 |
| 2004 | 80.9 |
| 2003 | 79.5 |
| 2002 | 92 |
| 2001 | 84 |
| 2000 | 86 |
| 1999 | 78.4 |
| 1998 | 70.1 |
| 1997 | 72.2 |
| 1996 | 83.5 |
| 1995 | 100.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Rwanda |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 63.4 |
| 2027 | 63.4 |
| 2028 | 63.4 |
| 2029 | 62 |
| 2030 | 61 |
| 2031 | 59.9 |
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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- Military spending1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$194M in 2025
- Military spending per person$13 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel35,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports37 million TIV in 2023