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Madagascar Budget Balance

-4.6%as of 2026-109.1% vs 2025

General government net lending (surplus) or borrowing (deficit) as a percentage of GDP. Source: IMF MACRO FINANCIAL. Retrieved June 29, 2026.

Trend

20002026 · IMF

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodBudget Balance
2026-4.6%
2025-2.2%
2024-2.5%
2023-4.2%
2022-5.5%
2021-2.8%
2020-4%
2019-1.4%
2018-1.3%
2017-2.1%
2016-1.1%
2015-2.9%

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=MG&metric_key=fiscal_balance_pct_gdp" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Budget Balance across Africa

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CountryBudget BalancePeriod
Nigeria-4.4%2026
Kenya-6.4%2026
South Africa-4.9%2026
Egypt-12.1%2026
Ghana-2.3%2026
Ethiopia-1.8%2026

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