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El Salvador: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1939–2025 · 81 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−2.82%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.7 pointsfrom −4.55%
Average, 2016–2025
−3.98%10 years
Record high and low
2.51% (1977)low −11.1% (1981)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%19401960198020002020El SalvadorEl Salvador
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-1.44Forecast
2030-1.83Forecast
2029-2.01Forecast
2028-2.26Forecast
2027-1.93Forecast
2026-1.99Forecast
2025-2.82
2024-4.55
2023-4.69
2022-2.68
2021-5.53
2020-8.14
2019-3.07
2018-2.71
2017-2.53
2016-3.10

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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