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Chad: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
33.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.2 pointsfrom 32.6%
Average, 2015–2024
36.3%10 years
Record high and low
52.4% (2000)low 8.73% (1972)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202433.8
202332.6
202232.2
202141.6
202041.1
201938.2
201833.4
201738.9
201640.3
201531.3

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1988–1991
  • AFRISTAT2011–2021

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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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