Zimbabwe: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Zimbabwe: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 2002–2025 · 24 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025: −0.456%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +0.9 pointsfrom −1.32%
Average, 2016–2025: −3.82%10 years
Record high and low: 1.87% (2010)low −12.2% (2017)

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Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2025	-0.456
2024	-1.32
2023	-6.40
2022	-0.0000923
2021	-2.59
2020	1.50
2019	0.209
2018	-9.89
2017	-12.2
2016	-7.14

Sources

African Development Bank2002–2025
World Development Indicators2009–2018

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Zimbabwe documentation (PDF)

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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