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Mexico: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1900–2024 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
59.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+6.4 pointsfrom 52.8%
Average, 2015–2024
54.3%10 years
Record high and low
59.1% (2024)low 4.06% (1959)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203163.6Forecast
203063.4Forecast
202963.3Forecast
202863.1Forecast
202763.1Forecast
202662.7Forecast
202561.8Forecast
202459.1
202352.8
202253.8
202156.7
202058.5
201951.9
201852.2
201752.5
201655.0
201551.0

Sources

  • Martín Moreno1900–2010
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1913–2023
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1914–2015
  • Kehoe & Nicolini1962–2017
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1996–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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