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Paraguay: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
38.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−6.5 pointsfrom 44.6%
Average, 2016–2025
32.6%10 years
Record high and low
68.7% (1987)low 11.1% (2011)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203136.6Forecast
203036.9Forecast
202937.2Forecast
202837.4Forecast
202737.6Forecast
202637.8Forecast
202538.1
202444.6
202341.0
202240.6
202137.5
202036.9
201925.8
201822.3
201719.8
201619.4

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • Kehoe & Nicolini1970–2016
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1970–2023
  • Bordo1973–1993
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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