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Norway: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2024 · 139 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
14.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom 13.9%
Average, 2015–2024
15.2%10 years
Record high and low
65.0% (1946)low 10.1% (1917)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202414.9
202313.9
202212.8
202115.1
202018.4
201914.2
201814.6
201715.7
201616.5
201515.4

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1880–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1996
  • World Development Indicators1990–1994

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Norway 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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