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Bangladesh: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2025 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
42.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 41.0%
Average, 2016–2025
34.8%10 years
Record high and low
42.0% (2025)low 6.48% (1973)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203148.8Forecast
203047.9Forecast
202946.6Forecast
202845.3Forecast
202743.2Forecast
202641.8Forecast
202542.0
202441.0
202339.7
202237.9
202135.6
202034.5
201932.0
201829.6
201728.3
201627.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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