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Laos: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1976–2024 · 49 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
213.5% (1988)low 11.2% (1976)

Government debt (% 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Laos 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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