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Republic of the Congo: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
98.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.9 pointsfrom 102.9%
Average, 2015–2024
89.1%10 years
Record high and low
231.1% (1994)low 30.2% (2012)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203160.4Forecast
203066.1Forecast
202972.3Forecast
202879.1Forecast
202785.8Forecast
202691.3Forecast
202596.8Forecast
202498.0
2023102.9
202293.5
202197.8
2020102.5
201977.6
201871.2
201788.5
201684.5
201574.2

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1989–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Republic of the Congo 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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