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Switzerland: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1899–2024 · 112 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−0.10%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.1 pointsfrom −0.20%
Average, 2015–2024
−0.19%10 years
Record high and low
0.864% (1930)low −13.6% (1943)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-14%-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%1900192019401960198020002020SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-0.10
2023-0.20
2022-0.10
2021-1.60
2020-2.10
20190.60
20180.70
20170.50
20160.10
20150.30

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1899–1913
  • Mitchell1913–1993
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2024

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Switzerland 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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