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Chile — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1833–2031 · 199 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

For Chile, the combined government deficit reading stood at −2.78% of GDP in 2025. Against −2.82% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.03 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of −3.06% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
2031-2 % of GDP
2030-2.04 % of GDP
2029-1.99 % of GDP
2028-1.78 % of GDP
2027-1.88 % of GDP
15 earlier values
2026-2.47 % of GDP
2025-2.78 % of GDP
2024-2.82 % of GDP
2023-2.27 % of GDP
20221.36 % of GDP
2021-7.53 % of GDP
2020-7.1 % of GDP
2019-2.73 % of GDP
2018-1.48 % of GDP
2017-2.63 % of GDP
2016-2.66 % of GDP
2015-2.09 % of GDP
2014-1.5 % of GDP
2013-0.47 % of GDP
20120.68 % of GDP

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.