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Kuwait: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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