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Nicaragua: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1988–2024 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
2.25%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.0 pointsfrom 2.30%
Average, 2015–2024
−0.942%10 years
Record high and low
2.30% (2023)low −22.4% (1988)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20312.12Forecast
20302.01Forecast
20292.01Forecast
20281.81Forecast
20271.58Forecast
20261.38Forecast
20252.10Forecast
20242.25
20232.30
20220.647
2021-1.26
2020-2.57
2019-1.12
2018-4.35
2017-1.75
2016-1.92
2015-1.64

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1988–2023
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1991–2016
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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