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Malta: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−2.20%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.2 pointsfrom −3.40%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.42%10 years
Record high and low
3.30% (2017)low −9.20% (1998)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%1995200020052010201520202025MaltaMalta
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-2.20
2024-3.40
2023-4.40
2022-5.30
2021-7.00
2020-8.80
20190.70
20181.80
20173.30
20161.10

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • World Development Indicators1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Malta 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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