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Republic of the Congo: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 58 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
3.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 2.91%
Average, 2016–2025
1.71%10 years
Record high and low
36.5% (2010)low −20.3% (1993)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20253.41
20242.91
20237.22
20229.17
20211.43
2020-5.69
20195.19
20184.82
2017-5.47
2016-5.95

Sources

  • Mitchell1955–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • Franc Zone1991–2019
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2021
  • World Development Indicators2001–2021

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Republic of the Congo 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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