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Zambia: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2025
−27.8 billionlocal currency

Government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-29,400Forecast
2030-20,089Forecast
2029-22,190Forecast
2028-32,666Forecast
2027-41,172Forecast
2026-40,150Forecast
2025-27,824
2024-22,877
2023-30,538
2022-38,632
2021-35,984
2020-45,789
2019-28,264
2018-22,863
2017-18,466
2016-12,298

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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