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Zimbabwe: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1924–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 8.64% (1927)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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