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Saudi Arabia: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1989–2024 · 36 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
29.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.6 pointsfrom 26.2%
Average, 2015–2024
21.4%10 years
Record high and low
103.0% (1999)low 1.54% (2014)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202429.9
202326.2
202223.8
202128.6
202031.0
201921.6
201817.6
201716.5
201612.7
20155.67

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1989–2024

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Saudi Arabia 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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