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Turkey: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1854–2024 · 162 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
21.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.1 pointsfrom 25.4%
Average, 2015–2024
29.2%10 years
Record high and low
235.5% (1880)low 4.39% (1854)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202421.3
202325.4
202226.9
202137.9
202035.9
201930.8
201828.4
201728.0
201628.9
201528.8

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1854–2010
  • National Bank of Serbia1934–1947
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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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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