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Nepal: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
48.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 48.3%
Average, 2016–2025
38.8%10 years
Record high and low
59.7% (1992)low 1.68% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203145.3Forecast
203046.1Forecast
202947.2Forecast
202848.3Forecast
202749.4Forecast
202649.6Forecast
202548.1
202448.3
202347.0
202242.7
202143.3
202043.3
201934.0
201831.1
201725.0
201625.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Nepal documentation (PDF)

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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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