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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2022-895,438
-943,682
-3.71%
United Kingdom [+]2022-161,025
-169,701
-5.51%
Germany [+]2022-96,910
-102,131
-2.50%
France [+]2022-126,796
-133,627
-4.80%
Japan [+]2021-260,450
-308,249
-6.15%
Spain [+]2022-63,736
-67,212
-4.73%
Italy [+]2022-156,442
-160,084
-8.00%
Portugal [+]2022-779
-995
-0.30%
Greece [+]2022-4,892
-5,059
-2.40%
Ireland [+]20228,504
8,465
1.70%
Andorra [+]2022155
163
4.88%
United Arab Emirates [+]202247,578
50,142
9.89%
Afghanistan [+]2021-42
-49
-0.33%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2022-62
-66
-3.73%
Albania [+]2022-662
-698
-3.66%
Armenia [+]2022-391
-412
-2.11%
Angola [+]2022787
829
0.68%
Argentina [+]2022-23,029
-24,270
-3.85%
Austria [+]2022-15,840
-16,679
-3.50%
Australia [+]2021-90,416
-107,009
-6.50%
Azerbaijan [+]20224,459
4,699
5.97%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2022216
227
0.93%
Barbados [+]2022-116
-122
-2.05%
Bangladesh [+]2022-17,982
-18,951
-4.12%
Belgium [+]2022-21,345
-22,495
-3.90%
Burkina Faso [+]2021-1,240
-1,468
-7.43%
Bulgaria [+]2022-2,484
-726
-2.90%
Bahrain [+]2022-2,569
-2,707
-6.10%
Burundi [+]2022-449
-473
-12.07%
Benin [+]2022-919
-969
-5.56%
Brunei [+]2022400
422
2.53%
Bolivia [+]2022-2,995
-3,157
-7.12%
Brazil [+]2022-56,566
-59,614
-3.11%
Bahamas [+]2022-680
-717
-5.80%
Bhutan [+]2022-189
-199
-7.52%
Botswana [+]20228
8
0.04%
Belarus [+]2022-2,728
-2,875
-3.95%
Belize [+]2022-21
-23
-0.75%
Canada [+]2022-16,507
-17,396
-0.81%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2022-500
-527
-0.80%
Central African Republic [+]2021-131
-156
-6.02%
Republic of the Congo [+]2021184
218
1.63%
Switzerland [+]20229,333
7,682
1.20%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2022-4,546
-4,791
-6.83%
Chile [+]20223,885
4,094
1.36%
Cameroon [+]2022-469
-494
-1.12%
China [+]2022-1,275,562
-1,344,286
-7.52%
Colombia [+]2022-20,231
-21,321
-6.21%
Costa Rica [+]2022-1,843
-1,942
-2.84%
Cabo Verde [+]2021-130
-154
-7.47%
Cyprus [+]2022676
602
2.40%
Czechia [+]2022-8,871
-10,596
-3.20%
Djibouti [+]2022-50
-53
-1.44%
Denmark [+]202212,722
13,396
3.30%
Dominica [+]2022-24
-26
-3.86%
Dominican Republic [+]2022-3,507
-3,695
-3.25%
Algeria [+]2022-5,289
-5,574
-2.86%
Ecuador [+]202250
53
0.05%
Estonia [+]2022-349
-354
-1.00%
Egypt [+]2022-26,058
-27,462
-5.78%
Eritrea [+]2020-81
-92
-4.36%
Ethiopia [+]2022-4,750
-5,005
-4.16%
Finland [+]2022-1,387
-2,407
-0.50%
Fiji [+]2022-528
-556
-12.12%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]202115
18
4.52%
Gabon [+]2021-317
-375
-1.85%
Grenada [+]202211
11
0.94%
Georgia [+]2022-607
-640
-2.60%
Ghana [+]2022-7,690
-8,104
-11.22%
The Gambia [+]2022-98
-104
-4.80%
Guinea [+]2021-235
-278
-1.75%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2021274
324
2.64%
Guatemala [+]2022-1,538
-1,621
-1.71%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2022-96
-101
-5.91%
Guyana [+]2021-471
-558
-7.28%
Hong Kong [+]2022-22,819
-24,048
-6.55%
Honduras [+]2022493
520
1.65%
Croatia [+]202276
276
0.10%
Haiti [+]2022-400
-421
-2.05%
Hungary [+]2022-10,545
-11,239
-6.20%
Indonesia [+]2022-29,295
-30,873
-2.34%
Israel [+]20223,079
3,245
0.62%
India [+]2021-255,494
-302,383
-9.60%
Iraq [+]202218,937
19,957
7.64%
Iran [+]2021-10,315
-12,209
-4.22%
Iceland [+]2022-1,091
-1,147
-4.10%
Jamaica [+]202248
50
0.28%
Jordan [+]2021-2,960
-3,503
-7.75%
Kenya [+]2022-6,278
-6,617
-5.82%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2022-31
-32
-0.28%
Cambodia [+]2021-1,588
-1,879
-7.07%
Kiribati [+]2021-22
-26
-11.20%
Comoros [+]2021-30
-36
-2.78%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2022-30
-31
-3.25%
South Korea [+]2022-25,470
-26,842
-1.60%
Kuwait [+]2021-401
-474
-0.35%
Kazakhstan [+]2022195
205
0.09%
Laos [+]2021-202
-239
-1.29%
Lebanon [+]2021111
131
0.64%
Saint Lucia [+]2022-32
-34
-1.45%
Sri Lanka [+]2021-8,748
-10,354
-11.69%
Liberia [+]2021-74
-88
-2.50%
Lesotho [+]2022-179
-189
-7.66%
Lithuania [+]2022-440
-449
-0.70%
Luxembourg [+]2022-222
145
-0.30%
Latvia [+]2022-1,789
-1,529
-4.60%
Libya [+]20228,308
8,756
23.17%
Morocco [+]2022-6,486
-6,835
-5.22%
Moldova [+]2022-446
-470
-3.23%
Montenegro [+]2022-242
-255
-4.17%
Madagascar [+]2022-922
-971
-6.41%
Marshall Islands [+]20222
2
0.66%
North Macedonia [+]2022-575
-606
-4.46%
Mali [+]2022-871
-918
-4.79%
Myanmar [+]2020-3,994
-4,559
-5.61%
Mongolia [+]2022107
112
0.66%
Mauritania [+]2021200
237
2.40%
Malta [+]2022-982
-1,030
-5.60%
Mauritius [+]2022-428
-451
-3.23%
Maldives [+]2022-708
-746
-11.96%
Malawi [+]2022-1,112
-1,171
-9.34%
Mexico [+]2022-60,165
-63,407
-4.33%
Malaysia [+]2022-22,707
-23,931
-5.88%
Mozambique [+]2022-915
-964
-5.03%
Namibia [+]2022-783
-825
-6.55%
Niger [+]2021-745
-881
-5.91%
Nigeria [+]2022-25,381
-26,749
-5.60%
Nicaragua [+]2022126
133
0.85%
Netherlands [+]2022-898
-1,492
-0.10%
Norway [+]2022144,437
146,855
25.60%
Nepal [+]2022-1,220
-1,286
-3.15%
Nauru [+]202149
58
40.07%
New Zealand [+]2022-8,118
-8,555
-3.54%
Oman [+]20228,099
8,536
7.44%
Panama [+]2022-2,852
-3,006
-3.93%
Peru [+]2022-3,252
-3,428
-1.40%
Papua New Guinea [+]2022-1,578
-1,663
-5.31%
Philippines [+]2022-21,010
-22,142
-5.48%
Pakistan [+]2022-27,828
-29,327
-7.83%
Poland [+]2022-24,078
-25,833
-3.70%
State of Palestine [+]2022-171
-180
-0.96%
Palau [+]2022-9
-9
-3.57%
Paraguay [+]2022-1,493
-1,574
-3.77%
Qatar [+]202230,306
31,939
13.51%
Romania [+]2022-17,890
-17,404
-6.30%
Serbia [+]2022-89
-94
-0.15%
Russia [+]2022-28,856
-30,411
-1.36%
Rwanda [+]2021-654
-775
-7.01%
Saudi Arabia [+]202226,332
27,751
2.50%
Solomon Islands [+]2022-62
-66
-4.12%
Seychelles [+]2021-68
-81
-5.37%
Sudan [+]2021-84
-99
-0.29%
Sweden [+]20227,089
6,555
1.30%
Singapore [+]20223,743
3,944
0.84%
Slovenia [+]2022-1,717
-1,875
-3.00%
Slovakia [+]2022-2,216
-2,315
-2.00%
Sierra Leone [+]2022-401
-422
-10.59%
San Marino [+]2022-7
-7
-0.40%
Senegal [+]2021-1,472
-1,742
-6.31%
Somalia [+]20222
2
0.02%
Suriname [+]2021-166
-196
-6.58%
South Sudan [+]2021-470
-556
-9.37%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]202012
14
2.94%
El Salvador [+]2022-752
-792
-2.44%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2022-211
-222
-4.50%
Chad [+]2021-196
-232
-1.97%
Togo [+]2022-644
-679
-8.34%
Thailand [+]2022-21,121
-22,259
-4.56%
Tajikistan [+]2022-23
-24
-0.23%
Timor-Leste [+]2022-2,618
-975
-19.88%
Turkmenistan [+]20221,796
1,893
2.45%
Tunisia [+]2022-2,923
-3,081
-6.65%
Tonga [+]2021-4
-4
-0.96%
Türkiye [+]2022-14,198
-14,962
-1.65%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]202289
94
0.33%
Tuvalu [+]20225
5
8.75%
Taiwan [+]2022-12,363
-13,029
-1.71%
Tanzania [+]2021-2,026
-2,398
-3.43%
Ukraine [+]2022-23,981
-25,273
-15.75%
Uganda [+]2022-2,676
-2,820
-5.85%
Uruguay [+]2022-1,702
-1,794
-2.52%
Uzbekistan [+]2022-3,181
-3,352
-4.17%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2022-84
-89
-9.39%
Venezuela [+]2017-23,598
-26,649
-13.27%
Viet Nam [+]2021-4,477
-5,299
-1.43%
Vanuatu [+]2020-17
-20
-1.95%
Samoa [+]202243
45
5.37%
Yemen [+]2022-580
-611
-2.60%
South Africa [+]2022-18,137
-19,114
-4.72%
Zambia [+]2022-2,161
-2,278
-7.66%
Zimbabwe [+]2021-658
-68,927
-2.16%

Deficit is the negative difference between revenues and expenditures of the state, ie, expenses are higher than revenues.

There is surplus when the difference is positive, ie, revenues exceed expenditures.

As in the case of debt, to measure the importance of the deficit in an economy is compared to GDP, to calculate the percentage of deficit to GDP.