Commercial users: see the World Economic Database from our partners at Anansi Data Analytics

Puerto Rico: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1929–2024 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
10.1% (1944)low −12.3% (1975)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%19401960198020002020Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.142Forecast
2030-0.154Forecast
2029-0.166Forecast
2028-0.552Forecast
2027-0.352Forecast
2026-0.391Forecast
2025-0.418Forecast
2024-0.538
20230.327
20221.79
2021-0.257
2020-0.551
20191.90
20180.0248
2017-1.11
2016-1.84
2015-2.12

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Puerto Rico documentation (PDF)

More for Puerto Rico

Real GDP per capita (USD)Nominal GDPReal GDPInflationUnemployment rateGovernment debt (% of GDP)All 55 series →

Government deficit (% of GDP) elsewhere

United StatesChinaJapanGermanyUnited KingdomFrance

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 →

GMD release 2026_09 · License & terms