Commercial users: see the World Economic Database from our partners at Anansi Data Analytics

Senegal: General government debt (% of GDP)

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

2024
132.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+14.0 pointsfrom 118.4%
Average, 2015–2024
84.0%10 years
Record high and low
132.4% (2024)low 15.8% (1972)

General government debt (% of GDP)

Report error
0%20%40%60%80%100%120%140%1970198019902000201020202030SenegalSenegal
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of General government debt (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031121.4Forecast
2030126.0Forecast
2029130.5Forecast
2028132.0Forecast
2027133.4Forecast
2026132.3Forecast
2025130.2Forecast
2024132.4
2023118.4
2022104.7
202198.7
202090.1
201981.5
201861.5
201761.1
201647.5
201544.5

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1994–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Compare these sources →

Senegal documentation (PDF)

More for Senegal

Real GDP per capita (USD)Nominal GDPReal GDPInflationUnemployment rateGovernment debt (% of GDP)All 74 series →

General government debt (% of GDP) elsewhere

United StatesChinaJapanGermanyUnited KingdomFrance

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 →

GMD release 2026_09 · License & terms