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Syria: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2009 · 20 observations · forecasts to 2010 · gen_govdef_GDP

2009
−2.89%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
−0.0 pointsfrom −2.86%
Average, 2000–2009
−2.22%10 years
Record high and low
2.30% (2001)low −7.26% (1992)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%19901995200020052010SyriaSyria
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of General government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2010-7.79Forecast
2009-2.89
2008-2.86
2007-2.99
2006-1.12
2005-4.41
2004-4.18
2003-2.70
2002-2.02
20012.30
2000-1.36

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2009
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2009–2010

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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