Puerto Rico: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Puerto Rico: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 2014–2024 · 11 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024: −0.538%percent of GDP
Change on 2023: −0.9 pointsfrom 0.327%
Average, 2015–2024: −0.238%10 years
Record high and low: 1.90% (2019)low −3.07% (2014)

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Year	Value
2031	-0.142	Forecast
2030	-0.154	Forecast
2029	-0.166	Forecast
2028	-0.552	Forecast
2027	-0.352	Forecast
2026	-0.391	Forecast
2025	-0.418	Forecast
2024	-0.538
2023	0.327
2022	1.79
2021	-0.257
2020	-0.551
2019	1.90
2018	0.0248
2017	-1.11
2016	-1.84
2015	-2.12

Sources

IMF World Economic Outlook2014–2024
IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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