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Senegal: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 64 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−8.40%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.0 pointsfrom −11.4%
Average, 2016–2025
−9.71%10 years
Record high and low
1.95% (1965)low −13.6% (2022)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%197019801990200020102020SenegalSenegal
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-8.40
2024-11.4
2023-13.3
2022-13.6
2021-11.0
2020-12.8
2019-10.4
2018-5.72
2017-5.14
2016-5.44

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1962–2024
  • Mitchell1963–1984
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • Franc Zone1991–2019
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2015–2023
  • World Development Indicators2015–2023

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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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