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Sudan: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1971–2023 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2023
254.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+65.9 pointsfrom 188.4%
Average, 2014–2023
177.6%10 years
Record high and low
495.2% (1992)low 18.8% (1971)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031113.6Forecast
2030121.4Forecast
2029125.7Forecast
2028131.1Forecast
2027149.1Forecast
2026164.7Forecast
2025182.7Forecast
2024256.1Forecast
2023254.3
2022188.4
2021191.3
2020278.8
2019216.5
2018209.8
2017149.5
2016109.9
201593.2
201484.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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