Ecuador recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to -3.20 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Budget in Ecuador averaged -2.25 percent of GDP from 1983 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 3.20 percent of GDP in 2006 and a record low of -10.94 percent of GDP in 1987. source: Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Ecuador

Government Budget in Ecuador is expected to reach -2.20 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ecuador Government Budget is projected to trend around -2.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Credit Rating 23.00 Apr 2026
Fiscal Expenditure 1536.03 1512.01 USD Million Feb 2026
Government Budget -3.20 -1.50 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Government Budget Value 166.24 594.68 USD Million Feb 2026
Government Debt to GDP 49.00 50.60 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Government Revenues 1702.26 2106.68 USD Million Feb 2026
Government Spending 4033008.00 4042216.00 USD Thousand Dec 2025
Holidays
Military Expenditure 2735.60 2882.20 USD Million Dec 2025


Ecuador Government Budget
The Government Budget to GDP ratio is an itemized accounting of the payments received by the government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by the government (purchases and transfer payments) relative to GDP. A budget deficit occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-3.20 -1.50 3.20 -10.94 1983 - 2025 percent of GDP Yearly