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Zambia: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−4.56%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom −3.46%
Average, 2016–2025
−7.69%10 years
Record high and low
16.7% (1952)low −21.4% (1986)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-4.56
2024-3.46
2023-5.48
2022-7.82
2021-8.13
2020-13.8
2019-9.41
2018-8.31
2017-7.04
2016-8.97

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1999
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1998–2024

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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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