Kuwait — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1964–2030 · 61 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 Kuwait, the combined government deficit reading stood at −6.23% of GDP in 2025. Against −10.2% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +3.97 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2018–2030

PeriodValue
2030-3.94 % of GDP
2029-4.31 % of GDP
2028-4.54 % of GDP
2027-4.86 % of GDP
2026-5.52 % of GDP
8 earlier values, back to 2018
2025-6.23 % of GDP
2024-10.2 % of GDP
2023-6.86 % of GDP
2022-6.21 % of GDP
2021-613.3 % of GDP
2020-12.5 % of GDP
2019-1.41 % of GDP
2018-13.8 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.