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Senegal: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1994–2024 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−13.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.4 pointsfrom −14.8%
Average, 2015–2024
−9.51%10 years
Record high and low
5.90% (1994)low −16.1% (2022)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.00Forecast
2030-3.00Forecast
2029-3.00Forecast
2028-4.00Forecast
2027-5.70Forecast
2026-6.70Forecast
2025-7.90Forecast
2024-13.4
2023-14.8
2022-16.1
2021-13.7
2020-9.62
2019-13.9
2018-3.66
2017-2.97
2016-3.27
2015-3.66

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1994–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1994–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2015–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Senegal 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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