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Government debt

Madagascar

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

Debt / GDP · 202547.7%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20259.3History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 2025295History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202519.5History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Madagascar: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 47.7% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 9.3 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 2.1 percentage points below 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 3.6 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 time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Madagascar · 2000: 90.2% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2001: 82.1% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2002: 86.7% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2003: 85.9% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2004: 81.9% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2005: 74.4% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2006: 32.2% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2007: 28.2% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2008: 31.0% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2009: 34.9% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2010: 32.3% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2011: 29.9% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2012: 30.4% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2013: 36.2% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2014: 37.8% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2015: 44.1% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2016: 40.3% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2017: 40.1% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2018: 42.9% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2019: 41.3% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2020: 52.9% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2021: 49.4% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2022: 49.8% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2023: 52.1% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2024: 49.8% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2025: 47.7% — History / IMF estimatesMadagascar · 2026: 49.8% — IMF estimate / projectionMadagascar · 2027: 50.6% — IMF projectionMadagascar · 2028: 50.9% — IMF projectionMadagascar · 2029: 50.9% — IMF projectionMadagascar · 2030: 49.9% — IMF projectionMadagascar · 2031: 49.7% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearMadagascar (%)Source
203149.7IMF projection
203049.9IMF projection
202950.9IMF projection
202850.9IMF projection
202750.6IMF projection
202649.8IMF estimate / projection
202547.7History / IMF estimates
202449.8History / IMF estimates
202352.1History / IMF estimates
202249.8History / IMF estimates
202149.4History / IMF estimates
202052.9History / IMF estimates
201941.3History / IMF estimates
201842.9History / IMF estimates
201740.1History / IMF estimates
201640.3History / IMF estimates
201544.1History / IMF estimates
201437.8History / IMF estimates
201336.2History / IMF estimates
201230.4History / IMF estimates
201129.9History / IMF estimates
201032.3History / IMF estimates
200934.9History / IMF estimates
200831.0History / IMF estimates
200728.2History / IMF estimates
200632.2History / IMF estimates
200574.4History / IMF estimates
200481.9History / IMF estimates
200385.9History / IMF estimates
200286.7History / IMF estimates
200182.1History / IMF estimates
200090.2History / 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