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South Sudan: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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