Saudi Arabia: General government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1991–2025 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP
- 2025
- −5.77%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- −3.3 pointsfrom −2.46%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −5.34%10 years
- Record high and low
- 29.8% (2008)low −15.8% (2015)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.17 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -3.21 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -3.34 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -3.56 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -3.40 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -3.47 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -5.77 | |
| 2024 | -2.46 | |
| 2023 | -1.77 | |
| 2022 | 2.24 | |
| 2021 | -2.35 | |
| 2020 | -11.1 | |
| 2019 | -4.40 | |
| 2018 | -5.68 | |
| 2017 | -9.24 | |
| 2016 | -12.9 |
Sources
- IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
- IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2025
- Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
- IMF Government Finance Statistics2018–2024
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
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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