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Central African Republic: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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