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Panama: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1914–2009 · 94 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2009
44.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
−0.4 pointsfrom 45.2%
Average, 2000–2009
61.5%10 years
Record high and low
112.7% (1990)low 0.134% (1916)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
200944.9
200845.2
200753.7
200661.0
200566.2
200470.4
200367.0
200269.4
200171.1
200066.5

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1914–2009
  • WDI (archive)1973–1979

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Panama 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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