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Brunei: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 40 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2024
−12.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.3 pointsfrom −8.62%
Average, 2015–2024
−9.53%10 years
Record high and low
36.1% (2008)low −24.0% (1998)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-9.02Forecast
2030-9.11Forecast
2029-9.25Forecast
2028-9.60Forecast
2027-9.80Forecast
2026-10.7Forecast
2025-13.4Forecast
2024-12.9
2023-8.62
2022-0.251
2021-8.34
2020-16.2
2019-4.16
2018-2.90
2017-13.8
2016-16.7
2015-11.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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