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United Arab Emirates: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2011–2024 · 14 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
0.356%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.4 pointsfrom 0.712%
Average, 2015–2024
0.227%10 years
Record high and low
0.946% (2019)low −0.315% (2012)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-0.4%-0.2%0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1%2012201420162018202020222024United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20240.356
20230.712
20220.0902
20210.0685
2020-0.0493
20190.946
20180.222
20170.0363
2016-0.0124
2015-0.0953

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2011–2024
  • World Development Indicators2011–2024

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United Arab Emirates 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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