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Central African Republic: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
61.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.9 pointsfrom 59.9%
Average, 2016–2025
50.4%10 years
Record high and low
111.6% (1994)low 19.7% (2011)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203181.6Forecast
203077.0Forecast
202973.0Forecast
202869.7Forecast
202766.5Forecast
202664.0Forecast
202561.8
202459.9
202355.6
202248.9
202146.3
202042.4
201944.9
201847.9
201747.4
201649.3

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1988–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Central African Republic 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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