Zambia — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2031 · 82 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.
The latest combined government deficit reading for Zambia was −3.83% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −3.46% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −0.38 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −7.34% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2015–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -1.96 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -1.51 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -1.88 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -3.12 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -4.42 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2026 | -4.87 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -3.83 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -3.46 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -5.48 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -7.82 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -8.13 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -13.8 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -9.41 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -8.31 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -7.5 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -5.69 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -8.88 % of GDP |