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Pakistan: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2010 · 61 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2010
−9.55%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−3.3 pointsfrom −6.28%
Average, 2001–2010
−4.67%10 years
Record high and low
−1.55% (2004)low −13.9% (1974)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-14%-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%1950196019701980199020002010PakistanPakistan
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2010-9.55
2009-6.28
2008-6.23
2007-4.58
2006-2.83
2005-3.47
2004-1.55
2003-2.36
2002-4.95
2001-4.92

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1997–2000

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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