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Singapore: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
171.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+5.2 pointsfrom 166.0%
Average, 2016–2025
139.8%10 years
Record high and low
171.3% (2025)low 15.7% (1963)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031174.7Forecast
2030174.3Forecast
2029173.9Forecast
2028173.4Forecast
2027172.7Forecast
2026171.9Forecast
2025171.3
2024166.0
2023170.4
2022153.3
2021139.9
2020147.1
2019127.7
2018109.2
2017107.3
2016105.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Singapore 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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