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Uruguay: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1871–2025 · 132 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
118.3% (1887)low 7.48% (1946)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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