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Mauritania: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2023 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2023
−2.45%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.6 pointsfrom −3.09%
Average, 2014–2023
0.458%10 years
Record high and low
3.42% (1977)low −48.2% (1968)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20310.69Forecast
20300.651Forecast
20290.72Forecast
20280.596Forecast
20270.519Forecast
20260.53Forecast
2025-0.298Forecast
2024-1.35Forecast
2023-2.45
2022-3.09
20212.60
20202.33
20192.03
20182.43
20170.531
2016-0.377
2015-2.67
20143.25

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Mauritania 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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