Government deficit during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the government deficit changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Alassane Ouattara	11 Apr 2011 – now	+1.6 pp 2010 → 2025	+0.1 pp/yr
2	FPI Laurent Gbagbo	26 Oct 2000 – 11 Apr 2011	+0.5 pp 2000 → 2010	+0.1 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of GDP · IMF World Economic Outlook (GGXCNL_NGDP), general government net borrowing (a surplus is negative), the years the IMF marks actual, from 1997; the 2011 figure covers April to December only, the months after the crisis · Ivory Coast data · as of Sep 2026.