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Vanuatu: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1981–2024 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
39.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.2 pointsfrom 39.2%
Average, 2015–2024
39.9%10 years
Record high and low
46.4% (2017)low 3.28% (1981)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203152.9Forecast
203051.1Forecast
202949.3Forecast
202847.3Forecast
202745.3Forecast
202643.2Forecast
202540.9Forecast
202439.1
202339.2
202239.2
202142.2
202042.9
201939.8
201840.0
201746.4
201637.6
201532.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Vanuatu 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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