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Chile: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1827–2024 · 198 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
41.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.2 pointsfrom 39.4%
Average, 2015–2024
30.4%10 years
Record high and low
207.6% (1932)low 3.90% (2007)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202441.7
202339.4
202237.9
202136.4
202032.4
201928.3
201825.8
201723.7
201621.1
201517.4

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1827–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1982–1997
  • World Development Indicators1995–2000

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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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