Sierra Leone: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Sierra Leone: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 62 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025: −5.58%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: −0.1 pointsfrom −5.48%
Average, 2016–2025: −4.83%10 years
Record high and low: −0.669% (2007)low −12.1% (1990)

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Year	Value
2025	-5.58
2024	-5.48
2023	-5.28
2022	-5.93
2021	-4.37
2020	-3.41
2019	-2.02
2018	-3.96
2017	-6.06
2016	-6.23

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Mitchell1963–2010
African Development Bank1980–2025

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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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