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Yemen: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2023 · 34 observations · gen_govdef_GDP

2023
−6.11%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−3.4 pointsfrom −2.67%
Average, 2014–2023
−7.74%10 years
Record high and low
6.09% (2000)low −15.7% (2018)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2023-6.11
2022-2.67
2021-0.918
2020-4.46
2019-5.89
2018-15.7
2017-9.06
2016-13.0
2015-14.9
2014-4.70

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2012
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2018

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Yemen 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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