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Guatemala: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1922–2024 · 102 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
28.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom 27.2%
Average, 2015–2024
27.5%10 years
Record high and low
61.2% (1985)low 0.974% (1948)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202428.2
202327.2
202229.0
202130.6
202031.5
201926.5
201826.5
201725.2
201625.0
201524.9

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1922–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1979
  • World Development Indicators1990–2013

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Guatemala 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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