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Gabon: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
70.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.3 pointsfrom 70.6%
Average, 2015–2024
65.7%10 years
Record high and low
110.8% (1989)low 20.1% (2008)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031121.1Forecast
2030114.3Forecast
2029108.0Forecast
2028102.1Forecast
202794.3Forecast
202686.1Forecast
202578.9Forecast
202470.9
202370.6
202265.6
202172.9
202083.0
201959.8
201862.3
201762.9
201664.5
201544.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Gabon 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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