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Government debt in Angola

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Angola's government debt is 51.30 % — #56 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

51.30%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Angola over time

119.80 %68.25 %16.70 %119.80 % · 202016.70 % · 20062000: 118.20 %2001: 100.20 %2002: 65.10 %2003: 50.80 %2004: 41.60 %2005: 29.90 %2006: 16.70 %2007: 18.80 %2008: 28.10 %2009: 48.40 %2010: 32.60 %2011: 26.30 %2012: 23.80 %2013: 29.50 %2014: 35.30 %2015: 50.40 %2016: 65.70 %2017: 59.60 %2018: 81.60 %2019: 100.80 %2020: 119.80 %2021: 75.50 %2022: 57.40 %2023: 75.70 %2024: 57.10 %2025: 51.30 %20002012202551.30 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#56 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
55 %
68 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 5.80 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
68.50 pp
peak 119.80 % in 2020
Full series
▼ 66.90 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #8 of 20vs median 54.55 %: −3.25 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Angola: ahead of 55 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtAngola 51.30 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Angola is ahead of 55 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Angola
54 Tanzania49.70 %−1.60 pp
55 Australia51.00 %−0.30 pp
56 Angola51.30 %—
57 Myanmar51.90 %+0.60 pp
58 Papua New Guinea52.10 %+0.80 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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