Skip to main content
HomeCountriesPhilippines › Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Philippines: Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

In , Philippines's Central government debt, total (% of GDP) was 43.43.

That's down 7.9% from 2013, the highest value since .

The global average for this indicator in 2014 was 64.67 .

Source: World Bank Open Data (GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS) • Data as of 2014

Trend (2005–2014)

Philippines Central government debt, total (% of GDP) trend

Highlights

Peak
65.71
Trough
43.43
1-year change
-7.9%
5-year change
-17.1%
-3.7% / yr

Historical Data — Last 10 Years

Year Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
43.4263
47.1442
49.1575
48.8058
50.1962
52.4007
52.4323
51.5749
58.7979
65.7097

About Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZSCategory: Public Sector

Frequently asked questions

What was Philippines's Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in 2014?
In 2014, Philippines's Central government debt, total (% of GDP) was 43.43, according to World Bank Open Data.
Is Philippines's Central government debt, total (% of GDP) rising or falling?
Philippines's Central government debt, total (% of GDP) fell 7.9% from 2013 to 2014.
How does Philippines's Central government debt, total (% of GDP) compare to the world average?
The global average for Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in 2014 was 64.67, so Philippines is below the world average.
What is Central government debt, total (% of GDP) and how is it measured?
Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Download this data: CSV JSON

Source: World Bank Open Data (GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0.