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South Sudan: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2012–2024 · 13 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
53.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−8.6 pointsfrom 62.0%
Average, 2015–2024
65.5%10 years
Record high and low
128.9% (2016)low 8.91% (2012)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.8Forecast
203044.0Forecast
202945.8Forecast
202847.6Forecast
202749.9Forecast
202657.3Forecast
202562.1Forecast
202453.4
202362.0
202242.1
202156.4
202048.3
201943.4
201884.3
201777.5
2016128.9
201558.2

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database2012–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2012–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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