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Bhutan: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1981–2025 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
−2.70%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom −1.79%
Average, 2016–2025
−3.35%10 years
Record high and low
4.71% (1993)low −12.2% (2001)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-15%-10%-5%0%5%19902000201020202030BhutanBhutan
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-5.03Forecast
2030-4.60Forecast
2029-5.64Forecast
2028-4.16Forecast
2027-4.28Forecast
2026-2.88Forecast
2025-2.70
2024-1.79
2023-4.73
2022-6.95
2021-5.76
2020-1.81
2019-1.49
2018-1.52
2017-4.49
2016-2.31

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1987–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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