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Burundi: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2024 · 61 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
53.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−6.8 pointsfrom 59.9%
Average, 2015–2024
55.8%10 years
Record high and low
166.1% (2004)low 3.60% (1964)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.3Forecast
203032.8Forecast
202933.5Forecast
202835.2Forecast
202737.1Forecast
202637.0Forecast
202541.2Forecast
202453.1
202359.9
202269.8
202163.6
202065.9
201960.1
201853.0
201746.9
201646.1
201539.9

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1964–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1992–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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