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Government debt in Rwanda

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Rwanda's government debt is 64.70 % — #78 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

64.70%

Checked 24 Oct 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

100.80 %59.65 %18.50 %100.80 % · 199518.50 % · 20081995: 100.80 %1996: 83.40 %1997: 72.20 %1998: 70.10 %1999: 78.40 %2000: 86.00 %2001: 84.00 %2002: 92.00 %2003: 79.50 %2004: 80.90 %2005: 58.90 %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: 61.60 %2024: 63.40 %2025: 64.70 %19952010202564.70 %
31 official observations, 1995 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#78 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
38 %
47 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
36.10 pp
peak 100.80 % in 1995
Full series
▼ 36.10 pp
since 1995

In Africa: #10 of 21vs median 54.70 %: +10.00 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 %Rwanda: ahead of 38 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtRwanda 64.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Rwanda is ahead of 38 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Rwanda
76 Montenegro63.50 %−1.20 pp
77 Thailand64.70 %—
78 Rwanda64.70 %—
79 Slovenia65.10 %+0.40 pp
80 Uruguay65.60 %+0.90 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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