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Suriname: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1971–2023 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2023
97.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−13.9 pointsfrom 111.7%
Average, 2014–2023
83.9%10 years
Record high and low
146.4% (2020)low 2.92% (1977)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203135.4Forecast
203036.2Forecast
202941.0Forecast
202858.4Forecast
202777.0Forecast
202687.1Forecast
2025105.8Forecast
202488.0Forecast
202397.7
2022111.7
2021115.8
2020146.4
201984.0
201868.6
201773.0
201675.4
201541.2
201425.2

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1971–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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