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General government gross debt, % of GDP

How it's computed: IMF World Economic Outlook via DataMapper API. Values from 2026 onward are IMF projections (dashed). Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, DataMapper (GGXWDG_NGDP) · link
As of: 2025 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

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Year / date	World (% of GDP)	Advanced economies (% of GDP)	United States (% of GDP)	Japan (% of GDP)	Italy (% of GDP)	France (% of GDP)	United Kingdom (% of GDP)	China (% of GDP)
1990	—	—	—	54.8	101.7	36.8	28.5	—
1991	—	—	—	54.1	105.3	37.8	28.5	—
1992	—	—	—	57.9	113	41.7	33.3	—
1993	—	—	—	63.2	124.1	48.2	38	—
1994	—	—	—	73.3	130.8	51.6	40.8	—
1995	—	—	—	80.7	119.1	57.8	43.7	21.4
1996	—	—	—	85.3	118.9	60.6	43.7	21.2
1997	—	—	—	91.3	116.5	62	44.1	20.4
1998	—	—	—	101.6	113.9	62.1	42	20.4
1999	—	—	—	113.5	113.1	61.4	40.4	21.6
2000	—	—	—	118.5	108.7	59.7	37.7	22.6
2001	63.9	68.5	53.5	126.8	108.5	59.3	35	24.2
2002	65.7	69.8	55.9	134.6	105.9	61.3	35.5	25.5
2003	66.9	71.9	59	140.2	105.1	65.4	36.8	26.4
2004	68.6	75.2	66.4	148.8	104.7	66.9	39.8	25.9
2005	66.5	74.8	65.8	153.4	106.2	68.2	41	26
2006	62.6	72.2	64.5	152.1	106.3	65.4	42.1	25.2
2007	59.8	70.1	65	150.4	103.5	65.5	43.1	28.8
2008	62.2	76	73.9	153.6	105.8	69.8	50.7	26.6
2009	72.7	89.3	87.1	172.9	116.1	84.1	64.6	33.9
2010	74.8	95.7	95.7	178.6	118.8	86.3	75.5	33.1
2011	75.6	99.5	100	190.6	119.1	88.7	81	33
2012	76.6	101.8	103.7	197.1	125.9	91.7	84	33.9
2013	75.9	101	105	201.2	131.9	94.6	84.8	36.6
2014	76.4	100.7	105	203.6	134.8	96.2	86.4	39.4
2015	77.9	100.6	105.5	200.1	134.8	97	87.3	40.9
2016	81.5	102.5	107.5	202.1	134.2	98.1	87.2	50
2017	80.5	100.4	106.5	203.1	133.7	98.8	85.9	53.7
2018	80.7	100	107.7	203.7	134.2	98.5	85.3	55.7
2019	82.2	100.9	108.8	206.3	133.9	98.2	84.5	59.9
2020	97.5	119.3	132.6	228.8	154.4	114.9	104.4	70.6
2021	92.7	112.9	125	222.6	145.8	112.8	103	72.1
2022	89.2	107.9	119.2	228	138.4	111.4	97.1	77.3
2023	90.9	107	120	220.1	133.9	109.5	98.3	84.1
2024	91.9	107.4	122.3	213.6	134.7	112.6	99.4	90.5
2025	94	108.2	124.4	204.8	137.1	115.5	102.1	98.6
2026	94.6	107.8	126.8	199.4	137.9	118.5	102	104.4
2027	95.8	108.5	128.7	196.4	137.6	120.4	102.5	109.1
2028	97.4	110	132.3	193.8	137	121.7	102.3	113.2
2029	98.9	111.7	136.4	191.5	136.2	122.6	101.6	116.4
2030	100.3	113.5	140.7	190.1	135.8	123.2	100.9	119.5
2031	101.5	115.2	145	188.9	135.6	123.6	100.2	122.1