Finland: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Finland: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1918–2025 · 106 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025: −3.90%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +0.4 pointsfrom −4.30%
Average, 2016–2025: −2.36%10 years
Record high and low: 7.13% (1976)low −36.9% (1940)

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Year	Value
2031	-3.71	Forecast
2030	-3.68	Forecast
2029	-3.83	Forecast
2028	-4.05	Forecast
2027	-4.25	Forecast
2026	-2.44	Forecast
2025	-3.90
2024	-4.30
2023	-2.90
2022	-0.20
2021	-2.70
2020	-5.50
2019	-0.90
2018	-0.90
2017	-0.60
2016	-1.70

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1918–2023
OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024
AMECO (European Commission)1975–2025
IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
Eurostat1980–2025
IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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