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Laos: Government debt

Millions of local currency · 1976–2024 · 49 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt

2024
308 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+6.5%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+18.3%a year

Government debt

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10M1B100B10T1,000T198019902000201020202030LaosLaos
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031373,568,601Forecast
2030354,118,315Forecast
2029340,943,647Forecast
2028329,400,686Forecast
2027320,678,789Forecast
2026309,904,121Forecast
2025294,601,093Forecast
2024307,989,138
2023289,062,589
2022249,503,257
2021170,565,972
2020130,415,341
2019112,444,167
201892,344,492
201780,476,631
201670,423,906
201562,204,554

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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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