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Cyprus: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
3.40%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 4.10%
Average, 2016–2025
0.49%10 years
Record high and low
4.10% (2024)low −15.2% (2012)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%19952000200520102015202020252030CyprusCyprus
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20311.61Forecast
20301.81Forecast
20292.21Forecast
20282.41Forecast
20272.50Forecast
20262.64Forecast
20253.40
20244.10
20231.70
20222.70
2021-1.60
2020-5.60
20191.00
2018-3.40
20172.10
20160.50

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1995–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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