Egypt: Government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP
- 2025
- −6.55%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.6 pointsfrom −7.12%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −8.04%10 years
- Record high and low
- 2.14% (1999)low −25.1% (1976)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.08 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -3.56 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -4.38 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -6.96 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -8.87 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -12.1 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -6.55 | |
| 2024 | -7.12 | |
| 2023 | -5.77 | |
| 2022 | -5.74 | |
| 2021 | -6.96 | |
| 2020 | -7.90 | |
| 2019 | -7.17 | |
| 2018 | -9.75 | |
| 2017 | -10.9 | |
| 2016 | -12.5 |
Sources
This series is derived from other GMD variables.
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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