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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2021-2,289,194
-2,709,323
-11.62%
United Kingdom [+]2022-182,403
-192,231
-6.26%
Germany [+]2022-101,325
-106,784
-2.60%
France [+]2022-124,867
-131,485
-4.70%
Japan [+]2021-260,449
-308,248
-6.16%
Spain [+]2022-63,776
-67,156
-4.81%
Italy [+]2022-151,900
-161,714
-8.00%
Portugal [+]2022-944
-4,912
-0.40%
Greece [+]2022-4,727
-4,978
-2.30%
Ireland [+]20228,032
8,458
1.60%
Andorra [+]2021-65
-77
-2.30%
United Arab Emirates [+]202114,146
16,743
4.03%
Afghanistan [+]2020-396
-452
-2.24%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2020-76
-87
-6.36%
Albania [+]2022-662
-698
-3.77%
Armenia [+]2021-537
-636
-4.59%
Angola [+]20212,423
2,868
3.83%
Argentina [+]2021-17,794
-21,060
-4.33%
Austria [+]2022-14,295
-15,053
-3.20%
Australia [+]2021-87,100
-103,086
-6.26%
Azerbaijan [+]20224,046
4,264
6.10%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2021148
175
0.74%
Barbados [+]2022-123
-130
-2.18%
Bangladesh [+]2021-12,681
-15,008
-3.61%
Belgium [+]2022-21,345
-22,476
-3.90%
Burkina Faso [+]2021-1,240
-1,468
-7.43%
Bulgaria [+]2022-2,376
-2,502
-2.80%
Bahrain [+]2021-3,838
-4,543
-11.56%
Burundi [+]2020-171
-196
-6.34%
Benin [+]2021-854
-1,010
-5.71%
Brunei [+]2021-949
-1,123
-8.02%
Bolivia [+]2022-2,995
-3,157
-7.30%
Brazil [+]2022-83,526
-88,026
-4.58%
Bahamas [+]2022-680
-717
-5.84%
Bhutan [+]2022-189
-199
-7.55%
Botswana [+]2022-370
-390
-1.99%
Belarus [+]2022-3,373
-3,554
-4.86%
Belize [+]2021-68
-80
-3.21%
Canada [+]2022-14,213
-14,978
-0.70%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2020-607
-693
-1.42%
Central African Republic [+]2021-131
-156
-6.02%
Republic of the Congo [+]2021184
218
1.80%
Switzerland [+]2021-3,655
-4,323
-0.50%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2022-4,470
-4,711
-6.73%
Chile [+]20223,807
4,012
1.33%
Cameroon [+]2021-1,144
-1,354
-2.98%
China [+]2022-1,295,582
-1,365,384
-7.54%
Colombia [+]2021-19,442
-23,010
-7.22%
Costa Rica [+]2022-1,793
-1,889
-2.76%
Cabo Verde [+]2021-130
-154
-7.30%
Cyprus [+]2022570
643
2.10%
Czechia [+]2022-10,075
-10,608
-3.60%
Djibouti [+]2021-83
-98
-2.92%
Denmark [+]202212,496
13,158
3.30%
Dominica [+]2022-38
-40
-6.22%
Dominican Republic [+]2021-2,339
-2,768
-2.93%
Algeria [+]2021-9,924
-11,745
-7.20%
Ecuador [+]2021-1,442
-1,707
-1.61%
Estonia [+]2022-335
-439
-0.90%
Egypt [+]2022-26,058
-27,462
-5.78%
Eritrea [+]2020-81
-92
-4.36%
Ethiopia [+]2021-2,321
-2,747
-2.77%
Finland [+]2022-2,287
-2,408
-0.90%
Fiji [+]2022-528
-556
-12.35%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201882
97
24.23%
Gabon [+]2021-317
-375
-1.85%
Grenada [+]202011
13
1.21%
Georgia [+]2021-951
-1,126
-6.04%
Ghana [+]2021-8,091
-9,575
-12.10%
The Gambia [+]2022-97
-103
-4.81%
Guinea [+]2021-235
-278
-1.72%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2021274
324
2.64%
Guatemala [+]2021-861
-1,019
-1.17%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2021-82
-97
-5.62%
Guyana [+]2021-470
-557
-7.27%
Hong Kong [+]202126
30
0.01%
Honduras [+]2021-750
-888
-3.14%
Croatia [+]2022262
276
0.40%
Haiti [+]2022-420
-442
-2.15%
Hungary [+]2022-10,630
-11,193
-6.20%
Indonesia [+]2022-29,295
-30,873
-2.34%
Israel [+]2020-38,953
-44,456
-10.76%
India [+]2021-256,748
-303,868
-9.65%
Iraq [+]2021-653
-773
-0.37%
Iran [+]2021-10,160
-12,024
-4.16%
Iceland [+]2022-1,137
-1,197
-4.30%
Jamaica [+]202246
49
0.29%
Jordan [+]2021-3,008
-3,560
-7.77%
Kenya [+]2022-6,653
-7,012
-6.05%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2021-56
-66
-0.75%
Cambodia [+]2021-1,588
-1,879
-7.07%
Kiribati [+]2021-22
-26
-11.20%
Comoros [+]2021-30
-36
-2.78%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]202141
48
5.61%
South Korea [+]2021-306
-362
-0.02%
Kuwait [+]20212,709
3,206
2.34%
Kazakhstan [+]2022195
205
0.09%
Laos [+]2021-202
-239
-1.29%
Lebanon [+]2020-756
-863
-3.53%
Saint Lucia [+]2022-71
-75
-3.54%
Sri Lanka [+]2021-8,748
-10,354
-11.64%
Liberia [+]2021-72
-85
-2.41%
Lesotho [+]2022-79
-84
-3.37%
Lithuania [+]2022-426
-592
-0.60%
Luxembourg [+]2022138
145
0.20%
Latvia [+]2022-1,721
-1,529
-4.40%
Libya [+]20221,290
1,359
3.08%
Morocco [+]2021-7,172
-8,488
-5.94%
Moldova [+]2022-446
-470
-3.26%
Montenegro [+]2022-265
-279
-4.58%
Madagascar [+]2022-978
-1,030
-6.76%
Marshall Islands [+]20212
2
0.74%
North Macedonia [+]2021-629
-745
-5.38%
Mali [+]2021-802
-949
-4.83%
Myanmar [+]2020-3,994
-4,559
-5.61%
Mongolia [+]2022126
132
0.79%
Mauritania [+]2021234
277
2.80%
Malta [+]2022-981
-1,033
-5.80%
Mauritius [+]2021-431
-510
-4.05%
Maldives [+]2020-769
-878
-23.51%
Malawi [+]2021-907
-1,074
-8.62%
Mexico [+]2022-59,444
-62,647
-4.43%
Malaysia [+]2021-18,192
-21,531
-5.77%
Mozambique [+]2021-485
-574
-3.64%
Namibia [+]2022-850
-896
-7.26%
Niger [+]2021-745
-881
-5.91%
Nigeria [+]2022-24,827
-26,165
-5.48%
Nicaragua [+]2021-144
-170
-1.22%
Netherlands [+]202288
93
0%
Norway [+]2022143,155
150,742
26.00%
Nepal [+]2021-1,242
-1,469
-4.05%
Nauru [+]202149
58
40.02%
New Zealand [+]2020-8,031
-9,166
-4.36%
Oman [+]20226,875
7,246
6.32%
Panama [+]2021-3,580
-4,237
-6.66%
Peru [+]2022-3,046
-3,210
-1.32%
Papua New Guinea [+]2020-1,850
-2,111
-8.85%
Philippines [+]2022-20,087
-21,169
-5.24%
Pakistan [+]2021-17,788
-21,052
-6.05%
Poland [+]2022-24,570
-25,872
-3.70%
State of Palestine [+]2022-168
-177
-0.94%
Palau [+]2021-31
-37
-16.29%
Paraguay [+]2021-2,046
-2,421
-6.06%
Qatar [+]20216,609
7,821
4.35%
Romania [+]2022-17,655
-17,403
-6.20%
Serbia [+]2021-1,764
-2,088
-3.31%
Russia [+]202111,995
14,197
0.77%
Rwanda [+]2021-654
-775
-7.00%
Saudi Arabia [+]2021-16,549
-19,586
-2.26%
Solomon Islands [+]2021-47
-56
-3.61%
Seychelles [+]2021-68
-81
-5.54%
Sudan [+]2021-84
-99
-0.29%
Sweden [+]20224,105
4,323
0.70%
Singapore [+]20221,978
2,085
0.44%
Slovenia [+]2022-1,779
-1,873
-3.00%
Slovakia [+]2022-2,234
-2,352
-2.00%
Sierra Leone [+]2022-408
-430
-10.91%
San Marino [+]2021-258
-305
-17.42%
Senegal [+]2021-1,472
-1,742
-6.30%
Somalia [+]20222
2
0.03%
Suriname [+]2021-183
-217
-7.28%
South Sudan [+]20192
2
0.04%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]202025
28
5.92%
El Salvador [+]2021-1,357
-1,606
-5.59%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2021-188
-223
-4.65%
Chad [+]2021-160
-190
-1.61%
Togo [+]2021-328
-388
-4.60%
Thailand [+]2021-29,701
-35,152
-7.03%
Tajikistan [+]2021-50
-60
-0.67%
Timor-Leste [+]2019-556
-517
-25.49%
Turkmenistan [+]2021237
280
0.44%
Tunisia [+]2022-2,923
-3,081
-6.61%
Tonga [+]2021-4
-4
-0.96%
Türkiye [+]2022-14,051
-14,808
-1.64%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]202289
94
0.35%
Tuvalu [+]2021-7
-8
-13.85%
Taiwan [+]2021-13,496
-15,973
-2.06%
Tanzania [+]2021-2,026
-2,398
-3.43%
Ukraine [+]2022-23,981
-25,273
-16.68%
Uganda [+]2021-2,719
-3,218
-7.49%
Uruguay [+]2022-1,737
-1,830
-2.55%
Uzbekistan [+]2021-2,677
-3,169
-4.55%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2022-68
-72
-7.56%
Venezuela [+]2017-23,598
-26,649
-13.27%
Viet Nam [+]2021-10,726
-12,694
-3.43%
Vanuatu [+]2020-17
-20
-1.95%
Samoa [+]202243
45
5.37%
Yemen [+]2020-790
-902
-4.91%
South Africa [+]2022-17,267
-18,197
-4.49%
Zambia [+]2021-1,519
-1,798
-8.12%
Zimbabwe [+]2021-656
-68,752
-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.