Government debt during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the government debt changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	UDPS Félix Tshisekedi	24 Jan 2019 – now	+8.0 pp 2018 → 2023	+1.6 pp/yr
2	Joseph Kabila	17 Jan 2001 – 24 Jan 2019	−125.8 pp 2000 → 2018	−7.0 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of GDP · IMF World Economic Outlook (GGXWDG_NGDP), general government gross debt, the years the IMF marks actual only (the latest an estimate), yearly · Democratic Republic of the Congo data · as of Oct 2026.