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Gambia: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2023 · 24 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2023
−3.56%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+2.2 pointsfrom −5.72%
Average, 2014–2023
−4.30%10 years
Record high and low
0.275% (2007)low −6.22% (2016)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-7%-6%-5%-4%-3%-2%-1%0%1%2000200520102015202020252030GambiaGambia
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.498Forecast
2030-0.465Forecast
2029-0.543Forecast
2028-0.608Forecast
2027-0.427Forecast
2026-0.992Forecast
2025-2.95Forecast
2024-4.00Forecast
2023-3.56
2022-5.72
2021-4.77
2020-2.37
2019-2.75
2018-3.92
2017-4.35
2016-6.22
2015-5.38
2014-3.94

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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