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Libya: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

2017
142.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2016
−50.0 pointsfrom 192.8%
Average, 2008–2017
48.7%10 years
Record high and low
192.8% (2016)low 1.98% (2007)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2017142.7
2016192.8
201573.8
201436.4
20133.71
20122.25
201126.6
20102.86
20092.76
20082.63

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Libya 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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