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Mauritania: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 54 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
44.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.5 pointsfrom 47.5%
Average, 2015–2024
54.4%10 years
Record high and low
118.1% (1987)low 7.23% (1970)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202444.9
202347.5
202250.5
202154.5
202056.5
201957.7
201859.2
201755.7
201657.6
201559.9

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • AFRISTAT2004–2022

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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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