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Laos: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1989–2024 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
94.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−14.2 pointsfrom 108.9%
Average, 2015–2024
78.1%10 years
Record high and low
161.8% (1989)low 43.0% (2011)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203151.7Forecast
203054.7Forecast
202958.8Forecast
202863.1Forecast
202768.6Forecast
202674.6Forecast
202580.6Forecast
202494.7
2023108.9
2022115.7
202192.2
202075.4
201969.1
201860.6
201757.2
201654.5
201553.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1989–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2001–2024
  • 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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