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Saudi Arabia: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1991–2025 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
31.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+5.9 pointsfrom 25.9%
Average, 2016–2025
22.2%10 years
Record high and low
103.0% (1999)low 1.50% (2014)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.2Forecast
203040.6Forecast
202938.9Forecast
202837.1Forecast
202734.8Forecast
202632.1Forecast
202531.7
202425.9
202323.0
202221.3
202125.5
202029.7
201920.3
201816.8
201715.9
201612.2

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1991–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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