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Mauritius: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−10.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.3 pointsfrom −8.07%
Average, 2016–2025
−6.23%10 years
Record high and low
1.58% (1952)low −13.7% (1981)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-10.3
2024-8.07
2023-5.55
2022-5.20
2021-12.6
2020-9.30
2019-3.29
2018-2.72
2017-3.16
2016-2.06

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • World Development Indicators1973–2024
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2025

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Mauritius 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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