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Kuwait: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2015 · 44 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2015
−20.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2014
−28.5 pointsfrom 7.59%
Average, 2006–2015
20.8%10 years
Record high and low
141.6% (1973)low −203.7% (1991)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-250%-200%-150%-100%-50%0%50%100%150%19701980199020002010KuwaitKuwait
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2015-20.9
20147.59
201326.1
201226.1
201126.4
201016.0
200916.3
20082.77
200754.4
200652.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–1998
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2015

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Kuwait 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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