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Israel: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 75 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−8.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.8 pointsfrom −5.62%
Average, 2015–2024
−4.48%10 years
Record high and low
2.30% (1958)low −28.8% (1984)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-30%-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%19501960197019801990200020102020IsraelIsrael
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-8.41
2023-5.62
2022-0.864
2021-4.46
2020-9.89
2019-4.53
2018-4.51
2017-2.01
2016-2.85
2015-1.66

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2000–2024

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Israel 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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