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Government debt in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia's government debt is 43.10 % — #42 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

43.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Ethiopia over time

155.20 %92.60 %30.00 %155.20 % · 199430.00 % · 20091992: 87.90 %1993: 141.00 %1994: 155.20 %1995: 146.60 %1996: 132.80 %1997: 80.30 %1998: 89.30 %1999: 97.80 %2000: 93.60 %2001: 97.30 %2002: 107.40 %2003: 103.70 %2004: 103.10 %2005: 78.20 %2006: 79.60 %2007: 55.70 %2008: 56.10 %2009: 30.00 %2010: 39.40 %2011: 44.60 %2012: 39.40 %2013: 44.10 %2014: 44.20 %2015: 50.70 %2016: 51.80 %2017: 55.30 %2018: 58.40 %2019: 54.70 %2020: 53.20 %2021: 53.80 %2022: 46.90 %2023: 38.70 %2024: 33.40 %2025: 43.10 %19922009202543.10 %
34 official observations, 1992 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#42 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
66 %
82 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 9.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
112.10 pp
peak 155.20 % in 1994
Full series
▼ 44.80 pp
since 1992

In Africa: #3 of 20vs median 54.55 %: −11.45 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Ethiopia: ahead of 66 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtEthiopia 43.10 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Ethiopia is ahead of 66 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Ethiopia
40 Chile41.80 %−1.30 pp
41 Bangladesh42.00 %−1.10 pp
42 Ethiopia43.10 %—
43 Netherlands43.30 %+0.20 pp
44 Zimbabwe43.80 %+0.70 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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