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Sweden: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1670–2025 · 356 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
35.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.9 pointsfrom 34.2%
Average, 2016–2025
37.5%10 years
Record high and low
69.3% (1996)low 0.0156% (1672)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203134.9Forecast
203035.5Forecast
202936.0Forecast
202836.4Forecast
202736.2Forecast
202635.0Forecast
202535.1
202434.2
202332.2
202234.4
202137.2
202040.5
201936.0
201840.2
201741.9
201643.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sweden 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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