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Government debt

Chad

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

Debt / GDP · 202533.3%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20257.3History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 2025386History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202522.0History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Chad: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 33.3% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 7.3 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 1.9 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 2.0 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 time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Chad · 2000: 52.4% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2001: 43.5% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2002: 42.0% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2003: 34.4% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2004: 25.2% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2005: 22.0% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2006: 20.1% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2007: 17.6% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2008: 15.7% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2009: 23.9% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2010: 22.9% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2011: 22.3% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2012: 20.0% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2013: 22.3% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2014: 29.4% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2015: 31.3% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2016: 40.2% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2017: 39.1% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2018: 33.8% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2019: 38.4% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2020: 41.6% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2021: 41.7% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2022: 32.1% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2023: 32.2% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2024: 31.4% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2025: 33.3% — History / IMF estimatesChad · 2026: 31.1% — IMF estimate / projectionChad · 2027: 29.6% — IMF projectionChad · 2028: 28.6% — IMF projectionChad · 2029: 27.3% — IMF projectionChad · 2030: 25.9% — IMF projectionChad · 2031: 24.8% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearChad (%)Source
203124.8IMF projection
203025.9IMF projection
202927.3IMF projection
202828.6IMF projection
202729.6IMF projection
202631.1IMF estimate / projection
202533.3History / IMF estimates
202431.4History / IMF estimates
202332.2History / IMF estimates
202232.1History / IMF estimates
202141.7History / IMF estimates
202041.6History / IMF estimates
201938.4History / IMF estimates
201833.8History / IMF estimates
201739.1History / IMF estimates
201640.2History / IMF estimates
201531.3History / IMF estimates
201429.4History / IMF estimates
201322.3History / IMF estimates
201220.0History / IMF estimates
201122.3History / IMF estimates
201022.9History / IMF estimates
200923.9History / IMF estimates
200815.7History / IMF estimates
200717.6History / IMF estimates
200620.1History / IMF estimates
200522.0History / IMF estimates
200425.2History / IMF estimates
200334.4History / IMF estimates
200242.0History / IMF estimates
200143.5History / IMF estimates
200052.4History / 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