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Iraq: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2004–2025 · 22 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
53.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+8.7 pointsfrom 45.2%
Average, 2016–2025
51.0%10 years
Record high and low
344.3% (2004)low 27.6% (2014)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203170.6Forecast
203066.9Forecast
202963.8Forecast
202860.9Forecast
202758.7Forecast
202661.7Forecast
202553.9
202445.2
202342.1
202239.0
202154.7
202072.5
201941.7
201844.4
201755.9
201660.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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