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Rwanda: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

2025
64.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.2 pointsfrom 63.4%
Average, 2016–2025
57.1%10 years
Record high and low
102.2% (1995)low 5.03% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203161.6Forecast
203065.2Forecast
202967.2Forecast
202867.4Forecast
202767.4Forecast
202666.8Forecast
202564.6
202463.4
202361.4
202259.0
202166.2
202066.7
201952.8
201849.2
201746.1
201641.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Rwanda 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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