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Madagascar — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1901–2031 · 126 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 Madagascar, the combined government deficit reading stood at −2.21% of GDP in 2025. Against −2.49% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.28 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of −2.71% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2006–2031

PeriodValue
2031-3.6 % of GDP
2030-3.81 % of GDP
2029-3.92 % of GDP
2028-3.85 % of GDP
2027-3.94 % of GDP
15 earlier values
2026-4.61 % of GDP
2025-2.21 % of GDP
2024-2.49 % of GDP
2023-4.15 % of GDP
2022-5.45 % of GDP
2021-2.83 % of GDP
2020-3.96 % of GDP
2019-1.42 % of GDP
2018-1.34 % of GDP
2017-2.1 % of GDP
2016-1.11 % of GDP
2015-2.85 % of GDP
2014-1.96 % of GDP
2013-3.4 % of GDP
2012-2.24 % of GDP

Values before 2012, back to 2006, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.