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United Arab Emirates: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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