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Colombia: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1899–2025 · 127 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2025
51.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+4.5 pointsfrom 47.2%
Average, 2016–2025
45.2%10 years
Record high and low
83.6% (1902)low 2.22% (1926)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202551.7
202447.2
202343.9
202248.5
202150.9
202052.4
201940.7
201841.4
201738.3
201637.4

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1899–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2023
  • Banco de la República, Colombia1995–2024
  • Banco de la República de Colombia1995–2025
  • World Development Indicators1998–2024

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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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