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Government debt in Angola

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Angola's government debt is 52.90 % — #60 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

52.90%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Angola over time

119.80 %68.25 %16.70 %119.80 % · 202016.70 % · 20062000: 118.20 %2001: 100.20 %2002: 65.10 %2003: 50.80 %2004: 41.60 %2005: 29.90 %2006: 16.70 %2007: 18.80 %2008: 28.10 %2009: 48.40 %2010: 32.60 %2011: 26.30 %2012: 23.80 %2013: 29.50 %2014: 35.30 %2015: 50.40 %2016: 65.70 %2017: 59.60 %2018: 81.60 %2019: 100.80 %2020: 119.80 %2021: 75.50 %2022: 57.40 %2023: 75.70 %2024: 55.00 %2025: 52.90 %20002012202552.90 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#60 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
52 %
65 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
66.90 pp
peak 119.80 % in 2020
Full series
▼ 65.30 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #9 of 21vs median 54.70 %: −1.80 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Angola: ahead of 52 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtAngola 52.90 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Angola is ahead of 52 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Angola
58 South Korea52.40 %−0.50 pp
59 Iraq52.80 %−0.10 pp
60 Angola52.90 %—
61 Norway54.00 %+1.10 pp
62 Ecuador54.50 %+1.60 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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