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South Sudan: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2011–2024 · 14 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
11.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.4 pointsfrom 9.12%
Average, 2015–2024
−1.85%10 years
Record high and low
11.5% (2024)low −16.3% (2015)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.935Forecast
2030-1.05Forecast
2029-1.10Forecast
2028-1.03Forecast
2027-0.223Forecast
20261.37Forecast
20253.45Forecast
202411.5
20239.12
20224.43
2021-9.30
2020-5.50
20190.0419
2018-1.15
20174.16
2016-15.5
2015-16.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2011–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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