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Saudi Arabia: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2018–2024 · 7 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−2.42%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.7 pointsfrom −1.67%
Average, 2018–2024
−3.16%7 years
Record high and low
2.29% (2022)low −9.77% (2020)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-2.42
2023-1.67
20222.29
2021-1.90
2020-9.77
2019-3.88
2018-4.78

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2018–2024
  • World Development Indicators2018–2024

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Saudi Arabia 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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