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Kuwait: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 40 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
26.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.2 pointsfrom 28.2%
Average, 2015–2024
16.9%10 years
Record high and low
52.3% (2000)low −144.5% (1991)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.7Forecast
203028.9Forecast
202929.1Forecast
202829.4Forecast
202729.5Forecast
202627.6Forecast
202528.4Forecast
202426.0
202328.2
202230.0
20219.99
20200.158
201913.0
201817.6
201715.3
201612.8
201516.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2024
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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