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Denmark: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 146 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Denmark documentation (PDF)

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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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