Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Central America
Central America: Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP was -22.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Central America, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2023, cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Central America stood at -22.3%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Central America peaked at -12.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, -22.3%, in 2023.
Central America ranks 11th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Central America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -12.5% | — |
| 2009 | -20.5% | +64.2% |
| 2010 | -20.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | -20.7% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | -20.8% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | -20.6% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | -20.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | -20.6% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | -20.1% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | -19.6% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | -19.8% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | -19.8% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | -21.9% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | -20.9% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | -22.2% | +6.3% |
| 2023 | -22.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -16.5% | -20.5% | -12.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | -20.3% | -20.8% | -19.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | -21.8% | -22.3% | -20.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 8 Lebanon -6.3% compare
- 9 Bangladesh -8.3% compare
- 10 Sudan -9.7% compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic -10.3% compare
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- 13 Zimbabwe -11.0% compare
- 14 Tajikistan -11.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Central America
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 3.84 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 2.24 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 389,960 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 12,233 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 9,068 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.66 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.99 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 2.98 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 4.73 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 23.45 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Central America?
- Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Central America was -22.3% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was -12.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was -22.3% in 2023.
- How does Central America rank for cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp?
- Central America ranks 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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