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Denmark: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1854–2025 · 171 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
2.90%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 3.80%
Average, 2016–2025
2.35%10 years
Record high and low
5.98% (1970)low −21.7% (1982)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20252.90
20243.80
20233.30
20223.30
20213.80
20200.10
20194.10
20180.80
20171.50
2016-0.10

Sources

  • Mitchell1854–1993
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Denmark 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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