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Myanmar: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2023 · 43 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2023
70.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−3.4 pointsfrom 73.7%
Average, 2014–2023
49.2%10 years
Record high and low
262.0% (2001)low 32.0% (1976)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203160.7Forecast
203062.1Forecast
202963.4Forecast
202865.2Forecast
202766.3Forecast
202666.8Forecast
202567.3Forecast
202466.3Forecast
202370.3
202273.7
202172.9
202049.1
201937.6
201839.9
201741.9
201635.7
201536.6
201434.5

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1998–2020
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1998–2023
  • Reinhart & Rogoff2000–2010
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2020–2031

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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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