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Cameroon: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
43.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 43.6%
Average, 2015–2024
40.5%10 years
Record high and low
78.7% (1995)low 10.3% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.9Forecast
203033.4Forecast
202935.4Forecast
202837.0Forecast
202738.6Forecast
202639.3Forecast
202540.4Forecast
202443.4
202343.6
202245.6
202147.2
202044.9
201941.6
201838.3
201736.5
201632.1
201531.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Cameroon 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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