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Iraq: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2004–2024 · 21 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
42.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.8 pointsfrom 42.1%
Average, 2015–2024
50.2%10 years
Record high and low
344.3% (2004)low 27.6% (2014)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202442.9
202342.1
202239.0
202154.7
202072.5
201941.7
201844.4
201755.9
201660.3
201548.3

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database2004–2024
  • World Development Indicators2015–2018

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Iraq 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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