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Afghanistan: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2002–2023 · 22 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2023
8.25%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−2.4 pointsfrom 10.6%
Average, 2014–2023
8.52%10 years
Record high and low
346.0% (2002)low 6.14% (2019)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20238.25
202210.6
202111.1
20207.33
20196.14
20187.38
20178.00
20168.44
20159.15
20148.70

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database2002–2023

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Afghanistan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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