Vanuatu: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Vanuatu: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1991–2024 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024: −2.46%percent of GDP
Change on 2023: −1.7 pointsfrom −0.779%
Average, 2015–2024: −1.07%10 years
Record high and low: 5.53% (2018)low −8.13% (2015)

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Year	Value
2031	-3.76	Forecast
2030	-3.71	Forecast
2029	-3.82	Forecast
2028	-3.88	Forecast
2027	-3.97	Forecast
2026	-4.20	Forecast
2025	-3.88	Forecast
2024	-2.46
2023	-0.779
2022	-5.96
2021	2.07
2020	-1.74
2019	2.48
2018	5.53
2017	-1.06
2016	-0.638
2015	-8.13

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2024
Asian Development Bank (archive)2009–2023
Asian Development Bank2009–2023
IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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