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Guatemala: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1922–2024 · 103 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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