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Mexico: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2024 · 151 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
45.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+5.6 pointsfrom 39.9%
Average, 2015–2024
37.9%10 years
Record high and low
94.0% (1881)low 3.58% (1946)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202445.4
202339.9
202239.4
202140.1
202040.3
201935.2
201834.4
201734.3
201635.9
201533.8

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1872–2010
  • Martín Moreno1900–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1996
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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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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