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Guatemala: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1923–2024 · 97 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
26.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.9 pointsfrom 27.2%
Average, 2015–2024
27.2%10 years
Record high and low
42.3% (1987)low 1.28% (1948)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203129.6Forecast
203029.3Forecast
202929.0Forecast
202828.6Forecast
202728.1Forecast
202627.6Forecast
202527.2Forecast
202426.3
202327.2
202229.0
202130.6
202031.5
201926.4
201826.4
201725.1
201624.9
201524.8

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1923–2015
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1960–2017
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1995–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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