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Egypt: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1862–2010 · 131 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2010
77.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−9.9 pointsfrom 87.5%
Average, 2001–2010
98.9%10 years
Record high and low
335.6% (1886)low 9.77% (1863)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201077.6
200987.5
200880.2
200789.1
2006103.7
2005118.2
2004118.1
2003117.6
2002102.0
200194.6

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1862–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1954–1962
  • World Development Indicators2007

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Egypt 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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