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Chad: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2024 · 30 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−2.03%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.8 pointsfrom −1.26%
Average, 2015–2024
−0.326%10 years
Record high and low
3.79% (2022)low −8.44% (2009)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%19952000200520102015202020252030ChadChad
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-1.17Forecast
2030-0.929Forecast
2029-0.705Forecast
2028-0.256Forecast
2027-1.30Forecast
2026-1.38Forecast
2025-1.26Forecast
2024-2.03
2023-1.26
20223.79
2021-1.29
20201.24
2019-0.111
20181.39
2017-0.176
2016-1.51
2015-3.29

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1995–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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