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Kuwait: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1971–2024 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
2.91%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.2 pointsfrom 3.13%
Average, 2015–2024
8.53%10 years
Record high and low
45.3% (1991)low 0.00391% (1971)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.8Forecast
203036.7Forecast
202934.9Forecast
202832.1Forecast
202727.5Forecast
202622.3Forecast
202514.6Forecast
20242.91
20233.13
20222.95
20217.20
202010.2
201910.5
201814.3
201719.6
20169.88
20154.60

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1971–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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