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Puerto Rico: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1929–1983 · 55 observations · cgovdef_GDP

1983
−7.74%percent of GDP
Change on 1982
+1.1 pointsfrom −8.84%
Average, 1974–1983
−9.76%10 years
Record high and low
10.1% (1944)low −12.3% (1975)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
1983-7.74
1982-8.84
1981-10.3
1980-9.89
1979-9.17
1978-9.45
1977-10.00
1976-10.5
1975-12.3
1974-9.35

Sources

  • Mitchell1929–1983

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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