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South Sudan: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2011–2025 · 15 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
2.00%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−3.8 pointsfrom 5.83%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.858%10 years
Record high and low
7.01% (2023)low −18.2% (2016)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20252.00
20245.83
20237.01
20224.20
2021-9.30
2020-5.50
20190.042
2018-0.945
20176.31
2016-18.2

Sources

  • African Development Bank2011–2025

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South Sudan 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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