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Timor-Leste: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2010–2022 · 13 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2022
2.94%percent of GDP
Change on 2021
+18.8 pointsfrom −15.8%
Average, 2013–2022
15.1%10 years
Record high and low
238.6% (2011)low −52.5% (2016)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20222.94
2021-15.8
2020-18.4
20196.92
2018-2.81
2017-12.2
2016-52.5
20158.07
201464.9
2013169.9

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2010–2022
  • World Development Indicators2010–2022

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Timor-Leste 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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