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United Arab Emirates: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2024 · 52 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
34.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.0 pointsfrom 31.9%
Average, 2015–2024
26.6%10 years
Record high and low
35.7% (2021)low 0.718% (1973)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203126.0Forecast
203026.7Forecast
202927.2Forecast
202828.8Forecast
202730.1Forecast
202631.4Forecast
202534.3Forecast
202434.9
202331.9
202231.5
202135.7
202030.1
201925.8
201820.7
201721.2
201618.6
201515.6

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1973–2015
  • IMF Global Debt Database1973–2024
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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United Arab Emirates 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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