Pakistan: General government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 73 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP
- 2025
- −5.37%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +1.4 pointsfrom −6.79%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −6.34%10 years
- Record high and low
- 0.633% (1951)low −12.4% (1978)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -4.59 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -3.65 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -2.81 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -3.01 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -3.23 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -3.21 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -5.37 | |
| 2024 | -6.79 | |
| 2023 | -7.76 | |
| 2022 | -7.84 | |
| 2021 | -6.04 | |
| 2020 | -7.03 | |
| 2019 | -7.79 | |
| 2018 | -5.67 | |
| 2017 | -5.17 | |
| 2016 | -3.92 |
Sources
- IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1950–2023
- IMF World Economic Outlook1993–2025
- Asian Development Bank2000–2025
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
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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