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Greece: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1884–2025 · 121 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
146.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−8.0 pointsfrom 154.2%
Average, 2016–2025
178.6%10 years
Record high and low
217.6% (1896)low 8.23% (1958)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031115.1Forecast
2030119.9Forecast
2029125.1Forecast
2028130.2Forecast
2027135.7Forecast
2026142.3Forecast
2025146.1
2024154.2
2023164.3
2022177.8
2021197.3
2020209.4
2019183.2
2018189.0
2017182.1
2016183.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1884–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1884–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database1960–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1970–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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