Portugal — Central government deficit

millions of LCU · Annual · 1880–2025 · 104 observations

About this series

The central 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.

For Portugal, the central government deficit reading stood at −5.33B LCU in 2025. Against −4.25B LCU in 2024, the period change was −1.08B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −1.8% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2005–2025

PeriodValue
2025-5.33B LCU
2024-4.25B LCU
2023-2.41B LCU
2022-4.88B LCU
2021-8.01B LCU
15 earlier values
2020-13.47B LCU
2019-3.43B LCU
2018-3.48B LCU
2017-8.41B LCU
2016-5.96B LCU
2015-9.87B LCU
2014-14.20B LCU
2013-9.56B LCU
2012-11.63B LCU
2011-13.93B LCU
2010-19.78B LCU
2009-16.31B LCU
2008-7.34B LCU
2007-5.97B LCU
2006-7.48B LCU

Values before 2006, back to 2005, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.