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Tanzania: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−3.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom −3.16%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.86%10 years
Record high and low
1.09% (1996)low −14.0% (1979)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%1960197019801990200020102020TanzaniaTanzania
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-3.41
2024-3.16
2023-4.37
2022-3.70
2021-4.43
2020-1.48
2019-2.30
2018-1.29
2017-1.02
2016-3.48

Sources

  • Mitchell1955–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators2009–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2014

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Tanzania 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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