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Latvia: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−2.50%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom −1.80%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.47%10 years
Record high and low
1.50% (1997)low −9.80% (2009)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%19952000200520102015202020252030LatviaLatvia
ForecastPercent of GDP

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

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-4.01Forecast
2030-3.92Forecast
2029-3.66Forecast
2028-3.73Forecast
2027-3.88Forecast
2026-2.77Forecast
2025-2.50
2024-1.80
2023-2.30
2022-4.90
2021-7.20
2020-4.10
2019-0.20
2018-1.40
2017-0.30
20160

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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