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Taiwan: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1903–2010 · 89 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2010
2.93%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+1.2 pointsfrom 1.74%
Average, 2001–2010
3.63%10 years
Record high and low
44.9% (1975)low −4.99% (2000)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20102.93
20091.74
20081.71
20071.92
20063.87
20054.32
20045.73
20036.62
20025.64
20011.86

Sources

  • Mitchell1903–2010
  • Asian Development Bank2001–2010

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Taiwan 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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