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Portugal: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 104 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−1.80%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom −1.50%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.74%10 years
Record high and low
0% (1893)low −19.0% (1985)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-1.80
2024-1.50
2023-0.90
2022-2.00
2021-3.70
2020-6.70
2019-1.60
2018-1.70
2017-4.30
2016-3.20

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • World Development Indicators1975–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Portugal documentation (PDF)

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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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