Ethiopia Government Debt

Current and historical government debt data for Ethiopia, including latest value (31.45), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ethiopia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Ethiopia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 18.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 12 / 20
External stability 12.8 / 15
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity 5.8 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 75% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2019 19902019
1990 2019
Selected year: 2019 · Value: n/a 2019

Ethiopia · central government debt as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2019
31.45 percent of GDP
32.53 percent of GDP
41.6 percent of GDP
33 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1993 1996 1999 2015 2018 2019
government debt rate reference line

Countries by government debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 175.61 high
United Kingdom 131.07 high
United States 117.97 high
Bahrain 111.6 high
Spain 105.64 high
Jordan 102.85 medium
Israel 88.24 medium
Egypt 85.79 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
South Africa 79.45
Egypt 85.79
Morocco 51.23
United States 117.97
Germany 20.85

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Interest Payments GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

Ethiopia Snapshot

country profile
Population 132.06 m
GDP 149.74 bn
Debt/GDP 31.45%
Inflation 21.04%
Unemployment 3.32%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Low income

Ethiopia Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for Ethiopia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: ethiopia government debt rate, government debt data ethiopia, ethiopia government debt statistics, ethiopia percent of gdp.