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Government debt in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe's government debt is 38.00 % — #33 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

38.00%

Checked 24 Oct 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: 38.00 %20052015202538.00 %
21 official observations, 2005 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#33 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
74 %
92 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 32.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
38.10 pp
peak 76.10 % in 2023
Full series
▲ 15.60 pp
since 2005

In Africa: #3 of 21vs median 54.70 %: −16.70 pp (better)

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 %Zimbabwe: ahead of 74 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtZimbabwe 38.00 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Zimbabwe is ahead of 74 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Zimbabwe
31 Iran35.60 %−2.40 pp
32 Nigeria36.10 %−1.90 pp
33 Zimbabwe38.00 %—
34 Moldova39.20 %+1.20 pp
35 Kyrgyzstan39.40 %+1.40 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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