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Kiribati: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1988–2024 · 37 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
8.90%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.4 pointsfrom 11.3%
Average, 2015–2024
17.2%10 years
Record high and low
21.2% (2016)low 2.46% (1988)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.7Forecast
203033.2Forecast
202928.6Forecast
202821.2Forecast
202715.8Forecast
20267.75Forecast
20257.95Forecast
20248.90
202311.3
202216.2
202117.3
202021.0
201918.5
201819.0
201720.2
201621.2
201518.8

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1988–2015
  • IMF Global Debt Database1988–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1988–2024
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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