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Somalia: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2013–2025 · 13 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−0.60%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 0.10%
Average, 2016–2025
1.54%10 years
Record high and low
15.7% (2023)low −1.10% (2021)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-0.60
20240.10
202315.7
20220.107
2021-1.10
20200.186
20190.273
20180.0988
20170.0326
20160.616

Sources

  • African Development Bank2013–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2017–2023
  • World Development Indicators2017–2024

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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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