Kuwait — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1964–2031 · 64 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 28.4% of GDP in 2025. Against 26% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +2.32 percentage points.
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Latest observations
2019–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 28.7 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 28.9 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 29.1 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 29.4 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 29.5 % of GDP |
8 earlier values, back to 2019
| 2026 | 27.6 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 28.4 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 26 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 28.2 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 30 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 9.99 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 0.16 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 13 % of GDP |