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Chile: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1940–2024 · 75 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−2.78%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.4 pointsfrom −2.39%
Average, 2015–2024
−3.10%10 years
Record high and low
8.38% (2007)low −12.1% (1972)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-2.78
2023-2.39
20221.13
2021-7.72
2020-7.22
2019-2.85
2018-1.73
2017-2.56
2016-2.73
2015-2.15

Sources

  • Mitchell1940–1992
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024

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Chile 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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