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Cape Verde: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1981–2024 · 44 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
113.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.3 pointsfrom 114.0%
Average, 2015–2024
121.0%10 years
Record high and low
149.1% (2021)low 27.1% (1981)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024113.7
2023114.0
2022124.0
2021149.1
2020143.8
2019109.4
2018112.0
2017112.8
2016115.4
2015115.6

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1981–2024
  • AFRISTAT2012–2022

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Cape Verde 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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