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Government debt in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe's government debt is 43.80 % — #44 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

43.80%

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 Zimbabwe over time

76.10 %49.25 %22.40 %76.10 % · 202322.40 % · 20052005: 22.40 %2006: 26.70 %2007: 30.20 %2008: 41.30 %2009: 39.70 %2010: 33.20 %2011: 30.00 %2012: 27.20 %2013: 26.40 %2014: 29.20 %2015: 34.10 %2016: 35.10 %2017: 49.00 %2018: 33.00 %2019: 53.90 %2020: 56.80 %2021: 39.90 %2022: 66.80 %2023: 76.10 %2024: 70.40 %2025: 43.80 %20052015202543.80 %
21 official observations, 2005 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#44 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
65 %
80 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 26.60 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
32.30 pp
peak 76.10 % in 2023
Full series
▲ 21.40 pp
since 2005

In Africa: #4 of 20vs median 54.55 %: −10.75 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 %Zimbabwe: ahead of 65 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtZimbabwe 43.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Zimbabwe is ahead of 65 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Zimbabwe
42 Ethiopia43.10 %−0.70 pp
43 Netherlands43.30 %−0.50 pp
44 Zimbabwe43.80 %—
45 Czech Republic44.60 %+0.80 pp
46 Norway45.00 %+1.20 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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