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Libya: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2017 · 45 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2017
142.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2016
−50.0 pointsfrom 192.8%
Average, 2008–2017
62.9%10 years
Record high and low
192.8% (2016)low 1.19% (2008)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2017142.7
2016192.8
2015189.3
201480.4
20134.16
20122.37
201111.8
20101.74
20092.32
20081.19

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1973–2017

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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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