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Hong Kong: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2001–2025 · 25 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
11.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.6 pointsfrom 9.21%
Average, 2016–2025
3.50%10 years
Record high and low
11.9% (2025)low 0.0519% (2018)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203119.8Forecast
203019.2Forecast
202918.4Forecast
202817.5Forecast
202715.6Forecast
202614.1Forecast
202511.9
20249.21
20236.33
20224.28
20211.94
20200.997
20190.267
20180.0519
20170.0553
20160.0593

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Hong Kong 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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