Italy: General government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1862–2025 · 164 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP
- 2025
- −3.10%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.3 pointsfrom −3.40%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −4.86%10 years
- Record high and low
- 1.70% (1925)low −35.1% (1944)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -2.71 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -2.49 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -2.52 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -2.38 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -2.58 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -2.84 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -3.10 | |
| 2024 | -3.40 | |
| 2023 | -7.10 | |
| 2022 | -8.10 | |
| 2021 | -8.90 | |
| 2020 | -9.40 | |
| 2019 | -1.50 | |
| 2018 | -2.20 | |
| 2017 | -2.50 | |
| 2016 | -2.40 |
Sources
- IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1862–2023
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1988–2025
- IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
- AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
- Eurostat1995–2025
- AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
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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