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Denmark: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 140 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
27.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.6 pointsfrom 30.5%
Average, 2016–2025
36.8%10 years
Record high and low
82.4% (1993)low 6.34% (1974)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.9Forecast
203028.4Forecast
202927.8Forecast
202827.2Forecast
202726.8Forecast
202627.6Forecast
202527.9
202430.5
202333.0
202233.3
202139.6
202045.2
201938.3
201838.5
201740.2
201641.7

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1880–2015
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1880–2020
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1971–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1992–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • Eurostat2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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