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Trinidad and Tobago: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 75 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−5.46%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom −5.92%
Average, 2016–2025
−6.17%10 years
Record high and low
11.1% (1977)low −14.5% (1982)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%19601970198019902000201020202030Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.73Forecast
2030-2.46Forecast
2029-2.20Forecast
2028-1.71Forecast
2027-2.50Forecast
2026-4.57Forecast
2025-5.46
2024-5.92
2023-1.20
20220.956
2021-8.39
2020-11.8
2019-3.72
2018-5.89
2017-10.5
2016-9.84

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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