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Chile: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1827–2024 · 198 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_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
203.7% (1932)low 3.90% (2007)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203149.2Forecast
203048.1Forecast
202946.8Forecast
202845.5Forecast
202744.4Forecast
202642.5Forecast
202541.8Forecast
202441.7
202339.4
202237.9
202136.4
202032.4
201928.3
201825.8
201723.7
201621.1
201517.4

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1827–2023
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1940–2015
  • Kehoe & Nicolini1960–2017
  • IMF Global Debt Database1990–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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