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Sierra Leone: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
43.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−6.9 pointsfrom 49.9%
Average, 2015–2024
44.2%10 years
Record high and low
105.9% (1994)low 9.08% (1970)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202443.0
202349.9
202254.0
202147.1
202046.4
201945.3
201844.2
201744.2
201638.9
201528.8

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1974–1996

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Sierra Leone 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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