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Gambia: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2023 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2023
77.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−6.6 pointsfrom 83.9%
Average, 2014–2023
80.4%10 years
Record high and low
99.8% (1987)low 6.87% (1973)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203144.3Forecast
203048.1Forecast
202951.8Forecast
202856.4Forecast
202761.6Forecast
202668.3Forecast
202573.9Forecast
202478.5Forecast
202377.4
202283.9
202183.1
202085.9
201983.0
201883.6
201787.0
201679.5
201569.4
201471.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Gambia 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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