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Greece: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 123 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
1.70%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.4 pointsfrom 1.30%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.55%10 years
Record high and low
2.91% (1894)low −34.5% (1898)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.696Forecast
2030-0.586Forecast
2029-0.472Forecast
2028-0.204Forecast
2027-0.176Forecast
2026-0.721Forecast
20251.70
20241.30
2023-1.40
2022-2.60
2021-7.20
2020-9.90
20190.80
20180.90
20170.70
20160.20

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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