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Syria: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2010 · 40 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2010
22.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−0.5 pointsfrom 22.5%
Average, 2001–2010
16.6%10 years
Record high and low
70.0% (1973)low −8.99% (1964)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201022.0
200922.5
200817.9
200716.7
200616.5
200513.5
200414.4
200314.4
200213.1
200115.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–2010

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Syria 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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