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Colombia: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1945–2025 · 80 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−5.81%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom −4.62%
Average, 2016–2025
−4.47%10 years
Record high and low
2.46% (1991)low −8.37% (2021)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-5.81
2024-4.62
2023-2.20
2022-5.17
2021-8.37
2020-8.25
2019-2.29
2018-2.73
2017-2.10
2016-3.20

Sources

  • Mitchell1945–1992
  • Banco de la República, Colombia1994–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1998–2024
  • World Development Indicators1998–2024
  • Banco de la República de Colombia1999–2025

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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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