Austria: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Austria: Government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 125 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025: −4.20%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +0.4 pointsfrom −4.60%
Average, 2016–2025: −3.03%10 years
Record high and low: 2.14% (1972)low −11.5% (1931)

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Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2031	-3.64	Forecast
2030	-3.64	Forecast
2029	-3.69	Forecast
2028	-3.85	Forecast
2027	-3.78	Forecast
2026	-2.53	Forecast
2025	-4.20
2024	-4.60
2023	-2.60
2022	-3.40
2021	-5.70
2020	-8.20
2019	0.50
2018	0.20
2017	-0.80
2016	-1.50

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This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Austria documentation (PDF)

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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