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Indicator
Unit of measurement
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
20221
20231
GDP Growth*
Percentage y-o-y
4.4
4.2
4.1
3.6
-8.3
13.9
0.0
2.3
Inflation*
Percentage average
6.4
6.5
4.8
3.8
5.1
28.5
13.8
Government balance2*
Percentage of GDP
-1.5
-0.7
-0.9
-5.3
-2.6
-6.2
-6.0
Current account balance*
-3.6
-5.8
-10.8
-9.5
-7.7
-11.6
-12.8
-12.4
Exports of goods and services**
32.3
31.1
30.1
30.6
27.1
-
Imports of goods and services**
55.3
54.5
55.7
49.9
58
FDI net inflows**
1.1
1.5
2.6
1.3
1.8
General government gross debt*
39.2
34.9
31.8
28.8
36.6
33.1
36.0
38.3
Domestic credit to private sector**
25.6
22.8
23.,2
24.8
27.9
Unemployment*
Percentage of total labor force
3.1
3.5
Nominal GDP*
USD billion
8.1
9.5
11.3
11.7
11.5
13.7
14.0
14.3
Note: 1 Latest forecasts available; 2 General government net lending/borrowing (Percent of GDP).
Source: * International Monetary Fund (2022), World Economic Outlook, October 2022 [Database], https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2022/10/11/world-economic-outlook-october-2022 (accessed on 2023); ** The World Bank (2022), World Bank Open Data, https://data.worldbank.org/ (accessed on 17 February 2023).
