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Sweden: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1670–2024 · 355 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
34.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.8 pointsfrom 33.6%
Average, 2015–2024
39.2%10 years
Record high and low
80.5% (1997)low 0.0156% (1672)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202434.4
202333.6
202237.1
202138.8
202042.2
201936.5
201840.2
201741.6
201642.9
201544.7

Sources

  • Schön & Krantz1670–2011
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1719–2010
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1970–1981

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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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