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Brunei: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2025 · 26 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−18.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−5.6 pointsfrom −13.3%
Average, 2016–2025
−10.3%10 years
Record high and low
27.9% (2008)low −19.6% (2020)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-18.9
2024-13.3
2023-11.9
20221.13
2021-5.38
2020-19.6
2019-5.59
20180.153
2017-13.2
2016-16.7

Sources

  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025

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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