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Government debt

Rwanda

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

Debt / GDP · 202564.7%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 202510.6History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 2025748History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202516.4History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Rwanda: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 64.7% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 10.6 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 1.3 percentage points above its 2024 level.
  • This is above 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 31.2 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 time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Rwanda · 2000: 86.0% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2001: 84.0% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2002: 92.0% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2003: 79.5% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2004: 80.9% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2005: 58.9% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2006: 22.8% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2007: 22.4% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2008: 18.5% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2009: 18.7% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2010: 19.0% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2011: 18.9% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2012: 19.3% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2013: 27.0% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2014: 29.5% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2015: 33.5% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2016: 41.5% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2017: 46.1% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2018: 49.2% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2019: 52.8% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2020: 66.7% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2021: 66.2% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2022: 59.0% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2023: 61.6% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2024: 63.4% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2025: 64.7% — History / IMF estimatesRwanda · 2026: 63.4% — IMF estimate / projectionRwanda · 2027: 63.4% — IMF projectionRwanda · 2028: 63.3% — IMF projectionRwanda · 2029: 62.0% — IMF projectionRwanda · 2030: 61.0% — IMF projectionRwanda · 2031: 59.9% — IMF projection
Rwanda
Chart data table
YearRwanda (%)Source
203159.9IMF projection
203061.0IMF projection
202962.0IMF projection
202863.3IMF projection
202763.4IMF projection
202663.4IMF estimate / projection
202564.7History / IMF estimates
202463.4History / IMF estimates
202361.6History / IMF estimates
202259.0History / IMF estimates
202166.2History / IMF estimates
202066.7History / IMF estimates
201952.8History / IMF estimates
201849.2History / IMF estimates
201746.1History / IMF estimates
201641.5History / IMF estimates
201533.5History / IMF estimates
201429.5History / IMF estimates
201327.0History / IMF estimates
201219.3History / IMF estimates
201118.9History / IMF estimates
201019.0History / IMF estimates
200918.7History / IMF estimates
200818.5History / IMF estimates
200722.4History / IMF estimates
200622.8History / IMF estimates
200558.9History / IMF estimates
200480.9History / IMF estimates
200379.5History / IMF estimates
200292.0History / IMF estimates
200184.0History / IMF estimates
200086.0History / 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