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Afghanistan: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2006–2017 · 12 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2017
0.332%percent of GDP
Change on 2016
−0.3 pointsfrom 0.627%
Average, 2008–2017
−0.167%10 years
Record high and low
2.33% (2013)low −2.32% (2008)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20170.332
20160.627
2015-1.19
2014-1.98
20132.33
2012-0.638
2011-0.641
20101.53
20090.285
2008-2.32

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2006–2017
  • World Development Indicators2006–2017

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Afghanistan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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