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Venezuela: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–1992 · 43 observations · cgovdef_GDP

1992
−1.26%percent of GDP
Change on 1991
−5.2 pointsfrom 3.92%
Average, 1983–1992
−0.000665%10 years
Record high and low
19.2% (1974)low −7.67% (1988)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
1992-1.26
19913.92
19900.702
1989-2.58
1988-7.67
1987-7.47
19860.818
19856.97
19845.33
19831.24

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1992

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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