Ethiopia — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1960–2031 · 72 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 Ethiopia, the combined government deficit reading stood at −1.19% of GDP in 2025. Against −1.99% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.8 percentage points.
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Latest observations
2017–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -1.53 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -1.49 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -1.49 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -1.69 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -1.03 % of GDP |
10 earlier values, back to 2017
| 2026 | -1.76 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -1.19 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -1.99 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -2.6 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -4.16 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -2.77 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -2.76 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -2.53 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -3.03 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -3.24 % of GDP |