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United Arab Emirates: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1991–2024 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2024
6.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.6 pointsfrom 5.82%
Average, 2015–2024
2.31%10 years
Record high and low
20.2% (2006)low −6.13% (2009)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20314.49Forecast
20304.58Forecast
20294.69Forecast
20284.71Forecast
20274.83Forecast
20264.89Forecast
20255.15Forecast
20246.41
20235.82
20229.80
20213.05
2020-2.42
20192.57
20183.82
2017-0.199
2016-2.42
2015-3.36

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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