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Government debt

Central government debt as a share of GDP. In the United States the ratio increased from 39% to 116% of GDP.

60.5%Poland · 1994

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID a58c38522c36Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1994–1994; observations: 1; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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1 row for Poland

Time range:
0.060.5199460.5
Year

1994. Value (percent). Poland: 60.5

Poland
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Format:
Government debt — Poland
YearCountryValue
1994Poland60.5%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Government debt”. World Bank Open Data (GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS), 1970–2024, Brazil, Czechia, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: a58c38522c36ea8c1bdcda8b45c80f417bcff1cefa084b54dc42d388cb5b1484. https://longseries.com/en/d/government-debt/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — United Kingdom; lowest — Brazil

10 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearUnited Kingdom2024130.7%130.7%
United States2024115.8%115.8%
Spain2024105.6%105.6%
Lowest value in the comparable yearBrazil202481.9%81.9%
Italy199277.3%77.3%
Poland199460.5%60.5%
Netherlands199454.2%54.2%
India201846.5%46.5%
Germany199020.9%20.9%
Czechia199414%14%

About this series

Central government debt as % of GDP. Gappy: this copy has Poland 1994, Germany 1990, the US 1989–2024.

Indicator definition

Central government debt as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank. Covers central government liabilities; for total general government debt in the EU see Government debt (Maastricht). See also: GDP growth and GDP per capita.

How to read the data

In the United States debt grew from 39% to 116% of GDP. Data for Poland and Germany does not yet cover multiple decades. Further observations will be added with future updates.

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