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Saudi Arabia: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1989–2025 · 37 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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