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Pakistan: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2024 · 74 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
70.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−8.2 pointsfrom 78.2%
Average, 2015–2024
70.9%10 years
Record high and low
88.7% (1972)low 10.8% (1951)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202470.1
202378.2
202277.3
202174.7
202080.8
201978.7
201866.3
201762.1
201662.1
201559.1

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1951–2024
  • WDI (archive)1970–1989
  • World Development Indicators1990–2000

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Pakistan 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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