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El Salvador: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1914–2024 · 111 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
56.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.4 pointsfrom 53.8%
Average, 2015–2024
52.8%10 years
Record high and low
112.1% (1985)low 4.62% (1955)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202456.2
202353.8
202254.5
202158.0
202061.9
201948.0
201847.7
201748.7
201649.6
201549.7

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1914–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1951–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971
  • World Development Indicators1998–2024

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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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