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Pakistan: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 75 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
72.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.6 pointsfrom 70.2%
Average, 2016–2025
72.4%10 years
Record high and low
88.7% (1972)low 12.4% (1951)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203158.2Forecast
203059.0Forecast
202960.8Forecast
202864.0Forecast
202767.1Forecast
202670.1Forecast
202572.8
202470.2
202378.5
202277.3
202174.7
202080.8
201978.7
201866.3
201762.1
201662.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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