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Tanzania: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
48.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.9 pointsfrom 47.8%
Average, 2015–2024
42.8%10 years
Record high and low
129.2% (1993)low 9.28% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203141.8Forecast
203043.1Forecast
202944.1Forecast
202845.2Forecast
202746.4Forecast
202647.6Forecast
202548.5Forecast
202448.7
202347.8
202244.9
202143.4
202041.3
201940.4
201842.0
201740.1
201639.8
201539.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Tanzania 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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