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Taiwan: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−1.45%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom −2.50%
Average, 2015–2024
−2.03%10 years
Record high and low
−1.45% (2024)low −9.75% (1989)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%198019902000201020202030TaiwanTaiwan
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.13Forecast
2030-2.13Forecast
2029-2.13Forecast
2028-2.13Forecast
2027-2.13Forecast
2026-2.13Forecast
2025-2.13Forecast
2024-1.45
2023-2.50
2022-1.71
2021-2.06
2020-2.91
2019-1.78
2018-1.87
2017-2.02
2016-2.19
2015-1.78

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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