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Greece: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1848–2024 · 162 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
170.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−10.5 pointsfrom 180.5%
Average, 2015–2024
192.3%10 years
Record high and low
427.0% (1848)low 7.46% (1957)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024170.0
2023180.5
2022192.6
2021210.4
2020223.2
2019192.3
2018198.7
2017185.3
2016187.1
2015183.2

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1848–2010
  • Flandreau & Zumer1884–1913
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1996

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Greece 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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