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Finland: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1882–2025 · 144 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.71Forecast
2030-3.68Forecast
2029-3.83Forecast
2028-4.05Forecast
2027-4.25Forecast
2026-2.44Forecast
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

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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