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Government debt in Rwanda

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Rwanda's government debt is 64.60 % — #76 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

64.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Rwanda over time

102.20 %60.35 %18.50 %102.20 % · 199518.50 % · 20081995: 102.20 %1996: 84.60 %1997: 73.30 %1998: 71.10 %1999: 79.50 %2000: 87.20 %2001: 85.20 %2002: 93.40 %2003: 80.70 %2004: 82.10 %2005: 59.80 %2006: 22.80 %2007: 22.40 %2008: 18.50 %2009: 18.70 %2010: 19.00 %2011: 18.90 %2012: 19.30 %2013: 27.00 %2014: 29.50 %2015: 33.50 %2016: 41.50 %2017: 46.10 %2018: 49.20 %2019: 52.80 %2020: 66.70 %2021: 66.20 %2022: 59.00 %2023: 61.40 %2024: 63.40 %2025: 64.60 %19952010202564.60 %
31 official observations, 1995 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#76 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
39 %
48 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
37.60 pp
peak 102.20 % in 1995
Full series
▼ 37.60 pp
since 1995

In Africa: #10 of 20vs median 54.55 %: +10.05 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 %Rwanda: ahead of 39 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtRwanda 64.60 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Rwanda is ahead of 39 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Rwanda
74 Mexico61.80 %−2.80 pp
75 Germany62.90 %−1.70 pp
76 Rwanda64.60 %—
77 Thailand64.70 %+0.10 pp
78 Uruguay65.70 %+1.10 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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