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Government debt in Mozambique

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Mozambique's government debt is 90.30 % — #104 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

90.30%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Mozambique over time

124.80 %78.00 %31.20 %124.80 % · 201631.20 % · 20071999: 94.70 %2000: 95.80 %2001: 99.80 %2002: 63.40 %2003: 63.20 %2004: 50.80 %2005: 60.10 %2006: 40.00 %2007: 31.20 %2008: 32.80 %2009: 39.30 %2010: 38.60 %2011: 34.20 %2012: 36.70 %2013: 49.50 %2014: 63.40 %2015: 86.00 %2016: 124.80 %2017: 103.80 %2018: 105.50 %2019: 98.30 %2020: 120.00 %2021: 101.40 %2022: 97.30 %2023: 90.80 %2024: 91.20 %2025: 90.30 %19992012202590.30 %
27 official observations, 1999 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#104 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
17 %
21 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.90 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
34.50 pp
peak 124.80 % in 2016
Full series
▼ 4.40 pp
since 1999

In Africa: #18 of 21vs median 54.70 %: +35.60 pp (worse)

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 %Mozambique: ahead of 17 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtMozambique 90.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Mozambique is ahead of 17 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Mozambique
102 Finland88.40 %−1.90 pp
103 Portugal89.70 %−0.60 pp
104 Mozambique90.30 %—
105 Brazil93.30 %+3.00 pp
106 Barbados96.20 %+5.90 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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