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Government debt in Mozambique

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Mozambique's government debt is 102.50 % — #112 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

102.50%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 1.0 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: 104.30 %2022: 100.40 %2023: 90.80 %2024: 91.40 %2025: 102.50 %199920122025102.50 %
27 official observations, 1999 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#112 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
10 %
12 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 11.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
22.30 pp
peak 124.80 % in 2016
Full series
▲ 7.80 pp
since 1999

In Africa: #20 of 20vs median 54.55 %: +47.95 pp (worse)

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 %Mozambique: ahead of 10 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtMozambique 102.50 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Mozambique is ahead of 10 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Mozambique
110 Sri Lanka100.80 %−1.70 pp
111 United Kingdom102.30 %−0.20 pp
112 Mozambique102.50 %—
113 Suriname105.80 %+3.30 pp
114 Belgium106.30 %+3.80 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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