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Iceland: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1908–2024 · 117 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
59.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.2 pointsfrom 58.7%
Average, 2015–2024
70.1%10 years
Record high and low
135.7% (2011)low 1.51% (1908)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202459.9
202358.7
202264.1
202171.8
202074.8
201963.8
201861.3
201769.3
201681.5
201595.3

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1908–2010
  • WDI (archive)1972–1996
  • IMF Global Debt Database1972–2024
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023

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Iceland 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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