Central government debt (World Bank)

Total central-government debt as a share of GDP per the World Bank; country coverage is uneven.

Regional comparison

Each country’s latest figure

35.2%107.3%no data

% of GDP (World Bank)

Includes only observations that pass this series’ declared semantic review.

Source: World Bank, WDI (CC BY 4.0).

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Query scope

2 filtersIndicator key: central_government_debt_pct_gdpYear: from 2021

Over time

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All countries

Rank 1 is the lowest value among countries with a recent figure. Change compares with the same country’s previous observation.

#	Country	Central government debt (World Bank)	Year	Change
1	Peru	35.2%	2021	+0.5 pp
2	Mexico	50.3%	2024	+5.1 pp
3	Uruguay	65.3%	2024	+3.9 pp
4	Colombia	71.2%	2024	—
5	El Salvador	107.3%	2024	+4.2 pp

Source and citation

World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the VerDat PIDA normalized layer.

World Bank, World Development Indicators, “Central government debt (World Bank)”, retrieved from VerDat PIDA (OEI) on Oct 9, 2026.