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Djibouti: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−2.69%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.8 pointsfrom −3.47%
Average, 2015–2024
−5.45%10 years
Record high and low
1.38% (2013)low −22.9% (2015)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20310.025Forecast
20300.0391Forecast
20290.0488Forecast
2028-0.0493Forecast
2027-0.286Forecast
2026-0.46Forecast
2025-0.697Forecast
2024-2.69
2023-3.47
2022-1.48
2021-3.05
2020-2.03
20190.152
2018-0.501
2017-1.67
2016-16.9
2015-22.9

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Djibouti 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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