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Bangladesh: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2009 · 30 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2009
−0.616%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
−1.1 pointsfrom 0.512%
Average, 2001–2009
1.12%9 years
Record high and low
2.07% (2003)low −9.41% (1988)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%1975198019851990199520002005BangladeshBangladesh
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2009-0.616
20080.512
20070.832
20061.49
20051.32
20041.66
20032.07
20021.84
20010.939
1993-3.25

Sources

  • Mitchell1973–2009
  • World Development Indicators2001–2009

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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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