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Algeria: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2024 · 67 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
19.6% (1974)low −14.4% (2015)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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