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Zimbabwe: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2025 · 61 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
43.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−26.6 pointsfrom 70.4%
Average, 2016–2025
52.5%10 years
Record high and low
76.1% (2023)low 10.6% (2002)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.6Forecast
203038.5Forecast
202939.5Forecast
202840.4Forecast
202741.4Forecast
202642.3Forecast
202543.8
202470.4
202376.1
202266.8
202139.9
202056.8
201953.9
201833.0
201749.0
201635.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1964–2015
  • Bordo1976–1993
  • Reinhart & Rogoff2005
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2005–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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