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Mauritania: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2023 · 47 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2023
48.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−1.7 pointsfrom 50.3%
Average, 2014–2023
54.9%10 years
Record high and low
88.2% (1986)low 22.0% (2004)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203140.8Forecast
203037.9Forecast
202937.0Forecast
202837.3Forecast
202737.6Forecast
202637.1Forecast
202540.1Forecast
202445.1Forecast
202348.6
202250.3
202154.5
202056.5
201957.7
201859.2
201755.7
201657.6
201559.9
201449.5

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1977–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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