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Madagascar: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1971–2025 · 54 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
48.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 49.8%
Average, 2016–2025
46.7%10 years
Record high and low
114.9% (1987)low 11.4% (1976)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203148.3Forecast
203048.7Forecast
202950.6Forecast
202850.6Forecast
202750.4Forecast
202649.3Forecast
202548.7
202449.8
202352.1
202249.8
202149.4
202052.9
201941.3
201842.9
201740.1
201640.3

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1971–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1980–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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