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Liberia: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2024 · 41 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
56.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.3 pointsfrom 58.8%
Average, 2015–2024
45.2%10 years
Record high and low
658.2% (2003)low 20.5% (2012)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202456.5
202358.8
202254.3
202153.3
202058.7
201948.6
201837.1
201731.8
201628.6
201524.8

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1973–1988
  • IMF Global Debt Database1973–2024

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Liberia 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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