Eritrea: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Eritrea: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1992–2019 · 28 observations · gen_govdef_GDP

2019: 2.72%percent of GDP
Change on 2018: −2.5 pointsfrom 5.22%
Average, 2010–2019: −3.70%10 years
Record high and low: 8.69% (1994)low −59.7% (1999)

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Year	Value
2019	2.72
2018	5.22
2017	-5.74
2016	-1.44
2015	-2.77
2014	-0.122
2013	-7.62
2012	-5.21
2011	-5.50
2010	-16.5

Sources

IMF World Economic Outlook1992–2019
IMF WEO (forecast)2019

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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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