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Cape Verde: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1981–2024 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
112.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.6 pointsfrom 117.5%
Average, 2015–2024
122.3%10 years
Record high and low
149.5% (2021)low 36.9% (1981)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203171.4Forecast
203076.1Forecast
202981.1Forecast
202885.8Forecast
202790.7Forecast
202695.9Forecast
2025101.0Forecast
2024112.8
2023117.5
2022127.6
2021149.5
2020149.1
2019109.8
2018112.3
2017113.0
2016115.6
2015115.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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