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Nicaragua: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
37.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.5 pointsfrom 42.4%
Average, 2015–2024
40.2%10 years
Record high and low
1,964% (1990)low 26.0% (2008)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203130.6Forecast
203031.0Forecast
202932.0Forecast
202832.5Forecast
202732.6Forecast
202633.2Forecast
202534.8Forecast
202437.9
202342.4
202245.9
202148.4
202049.2
201944.2
201839.1
201734.7
201630.9
201528.9

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1970–2023
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1991–2017
  • IMF Global Debt Database1997–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2024
  • 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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