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Sierra Leone: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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