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Venezuela: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1921–2023 · 92 observations · forecasts to 2025 · govdef_GDP

2023
−4.22%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+2.6 pointsfrom −6.84%
Average, 2014–2023
−10.5%10 years
Record high and low
7.94% (1996)low −31.0% (2018)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-5.84Forecast
2024-3.67Forecast
2023-4.22
2022-6.84
2021-5.86
2020-6.60
2019-10.9
2018-31.0
2017-13.3
2016-8.46
2015-8.06
2014-9.81

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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