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Switzerland: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 146 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
39.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 40.5%
Average, 2016–2025
39.4%10 years
Record high and low
78.4% (1945)low 1.98% (1888)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203133.5Forecast
203034.3Forecast
202935.4Forecast
202836.3Forecast
202737.5Forecast
202638.5Forecast
202539.4
202440.5
202337.3
202235.9
202139.7
202042.4
201938.8
201839.0
201741.1
201640.3

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1880–2020
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1899–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1899–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database1983–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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