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Nicaragua: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1914–2024 · 87 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
39.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−3.1 pointsfrom 42.3%
Average, 2015–2024
40.3%10 years
Record high and low
1,065% (1989)low 11.1% (1926)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202439.1
202342.3
202245.9
202148.4
202049.2
201944.2
201839.1
201734.7
201630.9
201528.9

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1914–2009
  • WDI (archive)1970–1983
  • IMF Global Debt Database1997–2024

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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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