Albania: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Albania: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1997–2025 · 29 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025: −1.75%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: −1.0 pointsfrom −0.725%
Average, 2016–2025: −2.50%10 years
Record high and low: −0.725% (2024)low −11.9% (1997)

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Year	Value
2031	-2.25	Forecast
2030	-2.29	Forecast
2029	-2.22	Forecast
2028	-2.25	Forecast
2027	-2.24	Forecast
2026	-2.02	Forecast
2025	-1.75
2024	-0.725
2023	-1.32
2022	-3.64
2021	-4.57
2020	-6.67
2019	-1.84
2018	-1.58
2017	-1.41
2016	-1.50

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1997–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2025
IMF Government Finance Statistics2005–2023
IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Albania documentation (PDF)

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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