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Malta: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1965–2025 · 60 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
46.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 45.9%
Average, 2016–2025
46.7%10 years
Record high and low
71.2% (2004)low 8.96% (1986)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203146.1Forecast
203046.1Forecast
202946.1Forecast
202846.1Forecast
202746.2Forecast
202646.2Forecast
202546.4
202445.9
202346.9
202250.3
202149.7
202048.8
201939.2
201841.4
201745.6
201653.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1965–2015
  • IMF Global Debt Database1995–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027

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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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