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Greece: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 105 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
0.90%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
0.0 pointsfrom 0.90%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.51%10 years
Record high and low
2.99% (1894)low −34.4% (1898)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20250.90
20240.90
2023-1.60
2022-3.70
2021-8.00
2020-10.3
20190.10
2018-1.30
2017-1.10
2016-1.00

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Mitchell1954–1993
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Greece documentation (PDF)

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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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