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Antigua and Barbuda: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
3.14%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.5 pointsfrom 1.65%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.94%10 years
Record high and low
3.14% (2025)low −15.8% (2009)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.946Forecast
2030-0.958Forecast
2029-0.96Forecast
2028-0.982Forecast
2027-1.15Forecast
2026-0.649Forecast
20253.14
20241.65
2023-1.66
2022-2.86
2021-4.52
2020-6.23
2019-3.64
2018-2.43
2017-2.72
2016-0.14

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Antigua and Barbuda 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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