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Government debt

Congo - Kinshasa

Congo - Kinshasa. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202520.4%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 202519.0History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 2025178History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202592.9History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Congo - Kinshasa: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 20.4% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 19.0 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 3.1 percentage points above its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 10.2 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time0501001502002000200520102015202020252031Congo - Kinshasa · 2000: 135.0% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2001: 185.4% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2002: 136.0% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2003: 114.5% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2004: 164.1% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2005: 112.0% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2006: 107.5% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2007: 85.1% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2008: 80.3% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2009: 91.6% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2010: 31.8% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2011: 7.8% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2012: 7.6% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2013: 8.3% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2014: 8.7% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2015: 10.2% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2016: 10.6% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2017: 8.4% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2018: 9.2% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2019: 9.7% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2020: 12.8% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2021: 15.6% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2022: 16.6% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2023: 17.2% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2024: 17.3% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2025: 20.4% — History / IMF estimatesCongo - Kinshasa · 2026: 23.7% — IMF estimate / projectionCongo - Kinshasa · 2027: 26.9% — IMF projectionCongo - Kinshasa · 2028: 28.4% — IMF projectionCongo - Kinshasa · 2029: 30.0% — IMF projectionCongo - Kinshasa · 2030: 31.5% — IMF projectionCongo - Kinshasa · 2031: 32.6% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearCongo - Kinshasa (%)Source
203132.6IMF projection
203031.5IMF projection
202930.0IMF projection
202828.4IMF projection
202726.9IMF projection
202623.7IMF estimate / projection
202520.4History / IMF estimates
202417.3History / IMF estimates
202317.2History / IMF estimates
202216.6History / IMF estimates
202115.6History / IMF estimates
202012.8History / IMF estimates
20199.7History / IMF estimates
20189.2History / IMF estimates
20178.4History / IMF estimates
201610.6History / IMF estimates
201510.2History / IMF estimates
20148.7History / IMF estimates
20138.3History / IMF estimates
20127.6History / IMF estimates
20117.8History / IMF estimates
201031.8History / IMF estimates
200991.6History / IMF estimates
200880.3History / IMF estimates
200785.1History / IMF estimates
2006107.5History / IMF estimates
2005112.0History / IMF estimates
2004164.1History / IMF estimates
2003114.5History / IMF estimates
2002136.0History / IMF estimates
2001185.4History / IMF estimates
2000135.0History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data