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Ecuador — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1960–2025 · 66 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 Ecuador, the combined government deficit reading stood at −2.88% of GDP in 2025. Against −1.28% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −1.6 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of −3.89% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2025

PeriodValue
2025-2.88 % of GDP
2024-1.28 % of GDP
2023-3.49 % of GDP
20220.04 % of GDP
2021-1.59 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2012
2020-7.38 % of GDP
2019-3.47 % of GDP
2018-2.8 % of GDP
2017-5.77 % of GDP
2016-10.3 % of GDP
2015-6.87 % of GDP
2014-8.11 % of GDP
2013-8.17 % of GDP
2012-2.83 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.