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Russian Federation: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1885–2024 · 51 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
1.39%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.5 pointsfrom 1.92%
Average, 2015–2024
0.312%10 years
Record high and low
8.85% (2005)low −7.73% (1905)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20241.39
20231.92
20221.07
20211.34
2020-2.26
20192.10
20183.11
2017-1.32
2016-2.77
2015-1.46

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1885–1912
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024
  • World Development Indicators2002–2024

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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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