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Sierra Leone: General government debt (% of GDP)

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

2024
46.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.8 pointsfrom 49.4%
Average, 2015–2024
44.4%10 years
Record high and low
171.2% (1994)low 17.3% (1970)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.8Forecast
203034.1Forecast
202936.2Forecast
202838.4Forecast
202741.2Forecast
202644.3Forecast
202545.2Forecast
202446.7
202349.4
202254.0
202147.1
202046.4
201945.3
201844.2
201744.2
201638.9
201528.4

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2001–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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