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Taiwan: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1997–2024 · 28 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
26.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.2 pointsfrom 29.0%
Average, 2015–2024
32.0%10 years
Record high and low
39.2% (2012)low 23.7% (1998)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.6Forecast
203027.6Forecast
202927.6Forecast
202827.6Forecast
202727.6Forecast
202627.6Forecast
202522.4Forecast
202426.8
202329.0
202229.5
202130.1
202032.0
201932.6
201833.8
201734.5
201635.4
201535.9

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1997–2015
  • IMF Global Debt Database1997–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Taiwan 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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