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Mozambique: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2023 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2023
−4.26%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+1.0 pointsfrom −5.22%
Average, 2014–2023
−4.83%10 years
Record high and low
1.70% (2019)low −15.8% (1983)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-11.0Forecast
2030-9.79Forecast
2029-9.42Forecast
2028-8.35Forecast
2027-7.26Forecast
2026-6.48Forecast
2025-3.97Forecast
2024-6.23Forecast
2023-4.26
2022-5.22
2021-5.23
2020-6.19
20191.70
2018-5.70
2017-1.99
2016-5.06
2015-6.55
2014-9.75

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Mozambique 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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