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Uruguay: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1871–2024 · 131 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
58.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+4.4 pointsfrom 54.0%
Average, 2015–2024
50.4%10 years
Record high and low
118.3% (1887)low 3.98% (1979)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202458.3
202354.0
202252.2
202156.0
202058.2
201948.5
201846.1
201743.5
201643.2
201543.8

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1871–2009
  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1972–1994
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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Uruguay 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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