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Congo DR: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
11.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−3.9 pointsfrom 15.7%
Average, 2015–2024
11.6%10 years
Record high and low
262.8% (1999)low 7.58% (2012)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.4Forecast
203026.5Forecast
202925.1Forecast
202823.5Forecast
202721.9Forecast
202619.1Forecast
202515.4Forecast
202411.8
202315.7
202214.7
202114.0
202011.6
20199.72
20189.19
20178.42
201610.6
201510.2

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel2000–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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