El Salvador: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1939–2025 · 81 observations · cgovdef_GDP
- 2025
- −3.43%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- −1.4 pointsfrom −2.03%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −2.46%10 years
- Record high and low
- 2.51% (1977)low −11.1% (1981)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -3.43 | |
| 2024 | -2.03 | |
| 2023 | -0.561 | |
| 2022 | -2.44 | |
| 2021 | -2.91 | |
| 2020 | -10.2 | |
| 2019 | -1.08 | |
| 2018 | -0.993 | |
| 2017 | -0.633 | |
| 2016 | -0.333 |
Sources
- Mitchell1939–1992
- Central American Monetary Council (historical)1980–2017
- Central American Monetary Council1994–2025
- World Development Indicators1998–2024
- IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024
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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