Switzerland Government Debt (% of GDP)
Everything the federal government owes, compared with the size of the economy.
22.3%
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1990 to 2024
Source: FRED series DEBTTLCHA188A · World Bank World Development Indicators, central government debt, % of GDP, annual.
Switzerland Government Debt (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Switzerland, the government debt rose by 3.1pp in 2024, from 19.2% in 2023.
It is the highest reading since 2008.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 17.0% in 2022 to 22.3% in 2024.
Its average since 1990 is 21.5%, and the latest reading is above that.
Switzerland is 61st of 62 countries in our Government Debt to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- World Bank via FRED
- Series
- DEBTTLCHA188A
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2024
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Shown here as CENTRAL government debt, not general government (no verified general-government series was found for Switzerland, so this understates the full picture; cantons and municipalities also borrow).
Data refreshed 2026-10-28. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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