Bolivia: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Bolivia: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1953–2025 · 71 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025: −11.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: −2.9 pointsfrom −8.70%
Average, 2016–2025: −8.00%10 years
Record high and low: 3.99% (2006)low −22.7% (1984)

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Year	Value
2026	-9.30	Forecast
2025	-11.6
2024	-8.70
2023	-9.46
2022	-6.15
2021	-7.87
2020	-11.0
2019	-6.04
2018	-6.80
2017	-6.42
2016	-5.95

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1953–2023
Kehoe & Nicolini1960–2017
IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
IMF Government Finance Statistics1986–2007
ECLAC1990–2022
IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2026

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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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