Samoa — Central government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Quarterly · Q1 1970–Q1 2026 · 54 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 −0.19% of GDP in Q1 2026, compared with 11.2% of GDP in Q4 2025. The period change was −11.4 percentage points; compared with 7.33% of GDP in Q1 2025, the year-on-year change was −7.51 percentage points.
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- Quarterly data, 1970–2026
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Latest observations
Q3 2023–Q1 2026
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -0.19 % of GDP |
| Q4 2025 | 11.2 % of GDP |
| Q3 2025 | 6.04 % of GDP |
| Q2 2025 | 5.8 % of GDP |
| Q1 2025 | 7.33 % of GDP |
6 earlier values, back to Q3 2023
| Q4 2024 | 0.04 % of GDP |
| Q3 2024 | 14.4 % of GDP |
| Q2 2024 | 4.71 % of GDP |
| Q1 2024 | 8.83 % of GDP |
| Q4 2023 | 7.6 % of GDP |
| Q3 2023 | 4.77 % of GDP |