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Gambia: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2024 · 52 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
73.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−3.3 pointsfrom 76.8%
Average, 2015–2024
80.7%10 years
Record high and low
93.9% (2002)low 5.10% (1973)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202473.5
202376.8
202283.9
202183.1
202085.9
201983.0
201883.6
201787.0
201680.7
201569.4

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1973–1982
  • IMF Global Debt Database1973–2024

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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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