Samoa — Central government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Quarterly · Q1 1970–Q4 2025 · 53 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. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Samoa, the central government deficit reading was 0.17% of GDP in Q4 2025, compared with −11.4% of GDP in Q3 2025. The period change was +11.6 percentage points; compared with −6.74% of GDP in Q4 2024, the year-on-year change was +6.9 percentage points.

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Latest observations

Q2 2023–Q4 2025

PeriodValue
Q4 20250.17 % of GDP
Q3 2025-11.4 % of GDP
Q2 2025-6.29 % of GDP
Q1 2025-5.85 % of GDP
Q4 2024-6.74 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to Q2 2023
Q3 2024-0.04 % of GDP
Q2 2024-16.1 % of GDP
Q1 2024-4.75 % of GDP
Q4 2023-8.66 % of GDP
Q3 2023-7.63 % of GDP
Q2 2023-5.21 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.