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Dominican Republic: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1914–2024 · 100 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
46.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.3 pointsfrom 44.9%
Average, 2015–2024
42.2%10 years
Record high and low
80.6% (1987)low 1.96% (1961)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202446.1
202344.9
202245.2
202150.0
202055.9
201939.6
201836.8
201736.1
201634.5
201533.3

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1914–2010
  • WDI (archive)1996
  • World Development Indicators1996–1999
  • IMF Global Debt Database2000–2024

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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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