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South Sudan: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2012–2024 · 13 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
54.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+4.6 pointsfrom 49.7%
Average, 2015–2024
73.7%10 years
Record high and low
163.0% (2017)low 8.91% (2012)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202454.3
202349.7
202239.1
202151.1
202049.0
201943.1
201880.3
2017163.0
2016150.5
201557.2

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database2012–2024

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South Sudan 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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