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Niger: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2024 · 30 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−4.27%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.1 pointsfrom −5.37%
Average, 2015–2024
−4.92%10 years
Record high and low
31.0% (2006)low −6.77% (2022)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.05Forecast
2030-3.04Forecast
2029-3.00Forecast
2028-2.99Forecast
2027-2.98Forecast
2026-3.65Forecast
2025-3.28Forecast
2024-4.27
2023-5.37
2022-6.77
2021-6.10
2020-4.82
2019-3.56
2018-3.01
2017-4.12
2016-4.46
2015-6.75

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1995–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • 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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