Burundi: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Burundi: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024: −4.83%percent of GDP
Change on 2023: +2.9 pointsfrom −7.70%
Average, 2015–2024: −6.72%10 years
Record high and low: 8.14% (1990)low −14.9% (2004)

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Year	Value
2031	-3.16	Forecast
2030	-3.91	Forecast
2029	-3.24	Forecast
2028	-3.46	Forecast
2027	-2.94	Forecast
2026	-2.54	Forecast
2025	-2.98	Forecast
2024	-4.83
2023	-7.70
2022	-10.7
2021	-4.60
2020	-6.58
2019	-6.40
2018	-6.66
2017	-5.01
2016	-7.11
2015	-7.56

Sources

IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1992–2023
IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Burundi 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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