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Panama: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1914–2025 · 110 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
56.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 57.8%
Average, 2016–2025
49.2%10 years
Record high and low
124.5% (1990)low 0.134% (1916)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203153.9Forecast
203055.3Forecast
202956.3Forecast
202857.1Forecast
202757.5Forecast
202657.7Forecast
202556.6
202457.8
202354.4
202256.2
202158.0
202062.4
201942.5
201836.3
201734.3
201634.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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