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Bangladesh: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2024 · 52 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
40.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.9 pointsfrom 39.3%
Average, 2015–2024
33.3%10 years
Record high and low
40.1% (2024)low 6.48% (1973)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202440.1
202339.3
202237.9
202135.6
202034.5
201932.0
201829.6
201728.3
201627.7
201528.2

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1973–2024
  • World Development Indicators2001–2003

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Bangladesh 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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