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Paraguay: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1953–2024 · 56 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−2.55%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.5 pointsfrom −4.06%
Average, 2015–2024
−2.55%10 years
Record high and low
2.89% (1990)low −6.14% (2020)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%1960197019801990200020102020ParaguayParaguay
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-2.55
2023-4.06
2022-2.86
2021-3.56
2020-6.14
2019-2.92
2018-1.52
2017-1.06
20160.469
2015-1.29

Sources

  • Mitchell1953–1992
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2005–2024
  • World Development Indicators2005–2024

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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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