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United Arab Emirates: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1991–2024 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2024
130 billionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+16.5%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+15.9%a year

General government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031134,371Forecast
2030129,451Forecast
2029125,440Forecast
2028118,679Forecast
2027115,055Forecast
2026111,674Forecast
2025108,133Forecast
2024130,119
2023111,656
2022184,146
202147,336
2020-31,679
201940,968
201861,781
2017-2,942
2016-33,937
2015-47,180

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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