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Mauritania: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2023 · 54 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 7.23% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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