Papua New Guinea — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2031 · 50 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.
In Papua New Guinea, the combined government deficit reading was −2.36% of GDP in 2025, compared with −3.31% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.96 percentage points.
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Latest observations
2022–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 0.17 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 0.16 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 0.2 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -0.06 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -0.15 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2022
| 2026 | -1.12 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -2.36 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -3.31 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -4.34 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -5.25 % of GDP |