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Barbados: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2004 · 13 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2004
3.03%percent of GDP
Change on 2003
+3.5 pointsfrom −0.488%
Record high and low
3.03% (2004)low −6.01% (1973)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%197519801985199019952000BarbadosBarbados
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20043.03
2003-0.488
1989-0.379
1988-0.946
1987-4.76
1986-1.57
19780.39
1977-5.24
1976-5.12
1975-1.96

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2004
  • World Development Indicators2003–2004

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Barbados 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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