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Uruguay: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
65.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.9 pointsfrom 67.6%
Average, 2016–2025
61.8%10 years
Record high and low
91.9% (2003)low 9.71% (1979)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203167.3Forecast
203067.6Forecast
202968.0Forecast
202868.2Forecast
202767.7Forecast
202666.8Forecast
202565.7
202467.6
202363.0
202259.4
202164.1
202068.2
201959.6
201857.9
201755.8
201656.4

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • Kehoe & Nicolini1970–2017
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1970–2023
  • Bordo1972–1994
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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