Ethiopia: Government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP
- 2025
- −1.19%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.8 pointsfrom −1.99%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −2.66%10 years
- Record high and low
- 0.247% (1961)low −8.88% (2000)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -1.53 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -1.49 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -1.49 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -1.69 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -1.03 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -1.76 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -1.19 | |
| 2024 | -1.99 | |
| 2023 | -2.60 | |
| 2022 | -4.16 | |
| 2021 | -2.77 | |
| 2020 | -2.76 | |
| 2019 | -2.53 | |
| 2018 | -3.03 | |
| 2017 | -3.24 | |
| 2016 | -2.30 |
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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