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Trinidad and Tobago: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–1989 · 39 observations · cgovdef_GDP

1989
−4.84%percent of GDP
Change on 1988
+3.2 pointsfrom −8.05%
Average, 1980–1989
−5.50%10 years
Record high and low
11.1% (1977)low −14.5% (1982)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%1955196019651970197519801985Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
1989-4.84
1988-8.05
1987-7.26
1986-8.12
1985-7.85
1984-9.98
1983-13.1
1982-14.5
19819.54
19809.17

Sources

  • Mitchell1951–1989

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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