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Algeria: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−13.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−8.3 pointsfrom −5.52%
Average, 2015–2024
−9.93%10 years
Record high and low
12.9% (2006)low −14.4% (2015)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-8.60Forecast
2030-8.62Forecast
2029-8.83Forecast
2028-9.51Forecast
2027-9.69Forecast
2026-10.2Forecast
2025-10.2Forecast
2024-13.8
2023-5.52
2022-2.96
2021-12.4
2020-8.06
2019-10.8
2018-9.58
2017-8.56
2016-13.1
2015-14.4

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Algeria 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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