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Saudi Arabia: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1991–2025 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2025
−277 billionlocal currency

Government deficit

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-600B-400B-200B0200B400B600B19952000200520102015202020252030Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-205,844Forecast
2030-198,630Forecast
2029-196,938Forecast
2028-200,083Forecast
2027-182,703Forecast
2026-180,847Forecast
2025-276,510
2024-115,688
2023-80,909
2022104,091
2021-86,587
2020-320,886
2019-146,671
2018-188,759
2017-256,738
2016-332,453

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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