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Nicaragua: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 65 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
3.53%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 1.77%
Average, 2016–2025
0.463%10 years
Record high and low
4.88% (1964)low −26.7% (1988)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20253.53
20241.77
20232.66
20221.30
2021-0.731
2020-1.05
20190.258
2018-1.93
2017-0.588
2016-0.586

Sources

  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1960–2017
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024
  • Central American Monetary Council2006–2025

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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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