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Switzerland: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Switzerland 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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