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Suriname: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2023 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2023
−1.67%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.9 pointsfrom −2.57%
Average, 2014–2023
−8.04%10 years
Record high and low
5.01% (2007)low −20.2% (2019)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20313.07Forecast
20304.93Forecast
20295.13Forecast
2028-0.0982Forecast
2027-4.24Forecast
2026-4.69Forecast
2025-9.61Forecast
2024-3.36Forecast
2023-1.67
2022-2.57
2021-5.66
2020-12.0
2019-20.2
2018-8.56
2017-8.62
2016-10.2
2015-8.29
2014-2.65

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Suriname 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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