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Argentina: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1824–2025 · 201 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2025
77.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−8.1 pointsfrom 85.3%
Average, 2016–2025
87.2%10 years
Record high and low
430.4% (1827)low 7.90% (1857)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202577.2
202485.3
2023155.4
202284.5
202181.0
2020103.8
201989.8
201885.2
201757.0
201653.1

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1824–2010
  • Ferreres et al.1824–2025
  • Flandreau & Zumer1884–1913
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1986–1988

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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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