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Zimbabwe: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1924–2024 · 73 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
94.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.0 pointsfrom 96.6%
Average, 2015–2024
73.1%10 years
Record high and low
99.5% (2022)low 8.64% (1927)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202494.6
202396.6
202299.5
202158.2
202084.5
201982.3
201848.1
201768.9
201649.9
201548.0

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1924–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1964–2024
  • WDI (archive)1976–1993

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Zimbabwe 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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