General public debt as share of GDP by country Latin America 2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 21, 2024

Venezuela was the most indebted country in Latin America and the Caribbean based on total government debt as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). The lowest general government debt to GDP ratio in the region was found in Haiti, where the total public debt accounted for only 14.9 percent of the country's GDP as of 2024.

General government debt as percentage of GDP in Latin America in 2024, by country

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Release date

April 2024

Region

LAC

Survey time period

April 2024

Special properties

Debt held by the central and subnational governments

Supplementary notes

*Data of 2023.

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Mexico

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