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Sweden: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
−1.40%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom −1.60%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.31%10 years
Record high and low
11.6% (1803)low −13.1% (1941)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%18001850190019502000SwedenSweden
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.548Forecast
2030-0.548Forecast
2029-0.548Forecast
2028-1.19Forecast
2027-1.87Forecast
2026-1.17Forecast
2025-1.40
2024-1.60
2023-0.90
20221.00
2021-0.20
2020-3.20
20190.40
20180.70
20171.30
20160.80

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1800–2023
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1993–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Sweden 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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