Papua New Guinea — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2030 · 49 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 −2.58% of GDP in 2025, compared with −3.2% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.62 percentage points.
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Latest observations
2021–2030
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | 0.4 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 0.31 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 0.1 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 0.04 % of GDP |
| 2026 | -1.15 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2021
| 2025 | -2.58 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -3.2 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -4.31 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -5.25 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -6.84 % of GDP |