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Ethiopia: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
43.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+9.7 pointsfrom 33.4%
Average, 2016–2025
48.9%10 years
Record high and low
155.2% (1994)low 7.31% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.0Forecast
203029.1Forecast
202931.1Forecast
202833.6Forecast
202736.1Forecast
202640.4Forecast
202543.1
202433.4
202338.7
202246.9
202153.8
202053.2
201954.7
201858.4
201755.3
201651.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Ethiopia 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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