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Central African Republic: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 60 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−3.48%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.6 pointsfrom −5.06%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.45%10 years
Record high and low
6.88% (2006)low −9.56% (1988)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-3.48
2024-5.06
2023-3.44
2022-5.15
2021-5.76
2020-3.25
20192.87
20180.377
2017-1.06
2016-0.535

Sources

  • Mitchell1960–1993
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • Franc Zone1991–2019
  • World Development Indicators2004–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2008–2011

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Central African Republic documentation (PDF)

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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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