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Laos: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1976–2024 · 49 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
96.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−19.2 pointsfrom 115.6%
Average, 2015–2024
80.6%10 years
Record high and low
213.5% (1988)low 11.2% (1976)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202496.4
2023115.6
2022130.7
202192.9
202076.0
201969.1
201860.6
201757.2
201654.5
201553.1

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1976–2024

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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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