Eritrea: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Eritrea: Government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1992–2025 · 34 observations · govdef_GDP

2025: −2.50%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: 0.0 pointsfrom −2.50%
Average, 2016–2025: −1.68%10 years
Record high and low: 8.69% (1994)low −59.7% (1999)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2025	-2.50
2024	-2.50
2023	-2.90
2022	-1.25
2021	-4.11
2020	-4.36
2019	2.72
2018	5.22
2017	-5.74
2016	-1.44

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This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Eritrea documentation (PDF)

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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Government deficit (% of GDP)

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