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Soviet Union: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1928–1955 · 13 observations · govdef_GDP

1955
−1.32%percent of GDP
Record high and low
30.6% (1930)low −3.57% (1929)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
1955-1.32
1953-0.566
1952-0.438
1950-2.37
1940-1.21
19381.26
19341.34
19333.25
19323.57
193111.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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