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Kuwait: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1987–2024 · 37 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
3.04%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 3.17%
Average, 2015–2024
8.55%10 years
Record high and low
45.3% (1991)low 2.94% (2022)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20243.04
20233.17
20222.94
20217.19
202010.2
201910.5
201814.3
201719.6
20169.88
20154.60

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1987–2024

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Kuwait 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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