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Niger: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−3.87%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.9 pointsfrom −6.73%
Average, 2016–2025
−9.20%10 years
Record high and low
1.55% (1975)low −13.4% (2021)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-3.87
2024-6.73
2023-7.15
2022-11.5
2021-13.4
2020-12.1
2019-10.4
2018-9.04
2017-9.03
2016-8.83

Sources

  • Mitchell1960–2010
  • Central Bank of West African States1960–2024
  • World Development Indicators1976–1980
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • Franc Zone1991–2019

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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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