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

Percent of GDP · 1989–2024 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
3.62%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.2 pointsfrom 5.81%
Average, 2015–2024
−0.95%10 years
Record high and low
23.9% (2008)low −17.8% (2015)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20314.65Forecast
20304.71Forecast
20294.45Forecast
20283.89Forecast
20272.94Forecast
20260.401Forecast
20250.28Forecast
20243.62
20235.81
20228.94
20211.63
2020-1.10
20194.30
20185.22
2017-5.57
2016-14.5
2015-17.8

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1989–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1989–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2003–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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