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
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 0.17 % 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 |