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Obstacles to progress

Realities

Public Debt Govt. Debt Govt. Debt
% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

World CIA
Rank Country WFB Date IMF IMF Date

109 Rwanda 47.2 2017 40.599 2017
113 Liberia 46.5 2017 34.434 32.0 2017
114 Guinea-Bissau 46.3 2016 41.971 2017
119 Niger 45.9 2016 46.528 40.9 2017
125 Namibia 43 2017 46.103 43.6 2017
126 Gabon 42.8 2017 61.065 2017
127 CAR 42.5 2016 53.441 2017
128 Madagascar 42.3 2016 37.276 2017
134 Burundi 40.9 2017 56.69 2017
141 Uganda 38.2 2017 38.955 2017
144 Tanzania 36.6 2016 38.243 2017
151 South Sudan 33 2017 66.341 2017
153 Burkina Faso 32.5 2016 38.327 2017
154 Cameroon 32.3 2017 33.832 30.4 2017
155 Djibouti 32.3 2017 30.649 28.1 2017
166 Mali 28 2017 35.557 29.9 2017
168 Swaziland 27.5 2016 29.173 23.7 2017
171 Comoros 26.3 2016 28.381 2017
180 Eq. Guinea 23.4 2017 42.676 22.3 2017
183 Algeria 19.9 2017 25.802 20.5 2017
185 Botswana 18.5 2017 15.646 -2.7 2017
186 Nigeria 15.3 2017 23.401 19.6 2017
188 DRC 14.6 2017 15.664 2017
196 Libya 5.1 2017
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A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and
services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States in the year noted. This is
the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living

conditions or use of resources across countries
Source : CIA World Fact Book