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Djibouti — Central government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2025 · 37 observations

About this series

The central 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. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Djibouti, the central government deficit reading was 0.14% of GDP in 2025, compared with −2.51% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +2.65 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −1.66% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2016–2025

PeriodValue
20250.14 % of GDP
2024-2.51 % of GDP
2023-3.47 % of GDP
2022-1.56 % of GDP
2021-3.11 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2016
2020-2.37 % of GDP
2019-0.46 % of GDP
2018-1.6 % of GDP
2017-0.21 % of GDP
2016-1.49 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.