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Equatorial Guinea: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1996–2024 · 29 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−0.554%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.9 pointsfrom 2.39%
Average, 2015–2024
−1.19%10 years
Record high and low
21.8% (2006)low −15.1% (2015)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.23Forecast
2030-2.52Forecast
2029-3.55Forecast
2028-3.91Forecast
2027-3.66Forecast
2026-1.66Forecast
2025-2.55Forecast
2024-0.554
20232.39
202211.7
20212.65
2020-1.77
20191.82
20180.522
2017-2.59
2016-10.9
2015-15.1

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1996–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1996–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Equatorial Guinea 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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