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Thailand: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2024 · 72 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−2.39%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.5 pointsfrom −2.85%
Average, 2015–2024
−2.95%10 years
Record high and low
51.5% (1986)low −7.53% (2021)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-2.39
2023-2.85
2022-5.09
2021-7.53
2020-5.41
2019-1.06
2018-1.47
2017-1.88
2016-0.716
2015-1.15

Sources

  • Mitchell1946–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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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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