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Tanzania: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2023 · 69 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2023
−3.67%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.2 pointsfrom −3.92%
Average, 2014–2023
−2.71%10 years
Record high and low
1.57% (1996)low −14.0% (1979)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.16Forecast
2030-3.20Forecast
2029-3.21Forecast
2028-3.19Forecast
2027-3.21Forecast
2026-3.21Forecast
2025-3.04Forecast
2024-3.03Forecast
2023-3.67
2022-3.92
2021-3.55
2020-2.56
2019-2.06
2018-2.01
2017-1.14
2016-2.08
2015-3.17
2014-2.91

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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