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Nicaragua: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1914–2024 · 87 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 11.1% (1926)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Nicaragua 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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