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Argentina: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1810–2025 · 205 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
0.628%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.2 pointsfrom −0.537%
Average, 2016–2025
−5.11%10 years
Record high and low
3.64% (2006)low −9.31% (2020)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20250.628
2024-0.537
2023-4.37
2022-5.08
2021-5.22
2020-9.31
2019-6.24
2018-6.35
2017-6.85
2016-7.75

Sources

  • Ferreres et al.1810–2025
  • Flandreau & Zumer1884–1913
  • Mitchell1935–1984
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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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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