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Papua New Guinea: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
53.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.0 pointsfrom 53.7%
Average, 2015–2024
42.8%10 years
Record high and low
53.7% (2024)low 4.13% (1970)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202453.7
202353.7
202248.2
202152.6
202048.7
201938.2
201836.7
201732.5
201633.7
201529.9

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1975–1993
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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Papua New Guinea 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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