Belize: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Belize: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1996–2025 · 30 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025: −0.96%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +0.6 pointsfrom −1.52%
Average, 2016–2025: −3.00%10 years
Record high and low: 1.25% (2008)low −8.57% (2020)

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Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2031	-1.09	Forecast
2030	-1.13	Forecast
2029	-1.28	Forecast
2028	-1.64	Forecast
2027	-1.79	Forecast
2026	-1.50	Forecast
2025	-0.96
2024	-1.52
2023	-2.42
2022	-1.04
2021	-3.29
2020	-8.57
2019	-2.90
2018	-1.37
2017	-3.48
2016	-4.47

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1996–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1996–2025
IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Belize 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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