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Finland: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1882–2025 · 144 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−4.20%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom −3.70%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.83%10 years
Record high and low
2.70% (1989)low −36.9% (1940)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-4.20
2024-3.70
2023-3.40
2022-1.40
2021-3.30
2020-5.50
2019-1.10
2018-1.30
2017-1.80
2016-2.60

Sources

  • Mitchell1882–1993
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • Eurostat1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024

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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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