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Iceland: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1945–2025 · 81 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−2.40%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom −4.20%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.57%10 years
Record high and low
12.7% (2016)low −12.0% (2008)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%1960198020002020IcelandIceland
ForecastPercent of GDP

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

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.048Forecast
2030-0.0839Forecast
2029-0.124Forecast
2028-0.243Forecast
2027-0.49Forecast
2026-1.17Forecast
2025-2.40
2024-4.20
2023-2.10
2022-3.80
2021-8.00
2020-8.80
2019-1.40
20181.00
20171.30
201612.7

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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