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Cuba: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1903–1965 · 52 observations · govdef_GDP

1965
0%percent of GDP
Change on 1964
0.0 pointsfrom 0%
Average, 1956–1965
−0.139%7 years
Record high and low
6.06% (1905)low −2.93% (1948)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
19650
19640
19630
19620
1958-1.65
19570.0353
19560.646
19550.176
1954-1.20
1953-1.60

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Cuba 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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