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Algeria: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 68 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−14.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom −13.8%
Average, 2016–2025
−9.33%10 years
Record high and low
19.6% (1974)low −16.4% (2015)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-20%-10%0%10%20%1960197019801990200020102020AlgeriaAlgeria
Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-14.0
2024-13.8
2023-8.09
2022-8.45
2021-6.32
2020-10.5
2019-8.51
2018-6.15
2017-5.86
2016-11.6

Sources

  • Mitchell1951–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025

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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