Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]1994
-253,800
-3.47%
United Kingdom [+]1994-61,378
-71,251
-6.40%
Germany [+]1994-46,175
-55,775
-2.52%
France [+]1994-63,759
-75,740
-5.40%
Japan [+]1994
-188,052
-3.76%
Spain [+]1994-26,995
-33,583
-6.50%
Italy [+]1994-79,539
-95,596
-8.78%
Portugal [+]1994-6,073
-7,350
-7.37%
Greece [+]1994-6,940
-9,753
-8.43%
Ireland [+]1994-860
-1,014
-1.85%
United Arab Emirates [+]1994
-1,024
-1.78%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]1994
-27
-4.60%
Argentina [+]1994
-3,597
-1.25%
Austria [+]1994-8,469
-10,226
-5.01%
Australia [+]1994
-13,403
-3.80%
Azerbaijan [+]1994
-143
-6.42%
Barbados [+]1994
149
6.83%
Bangladesh [+]1994
15
0.03%
Belgium [+]1994-10,440
-12,617
-5.29%
Burkina Faso [+]1994
-41
-1.89%
Bahrain [+]1994
-346
-5.40%
Burundi [+]1994
-19
-2.05%
Benin [+]1994
-35
-2.14%
Brunei [+]1994
-1,353
-22.72%
Bolivia [+]1994
-179
-3.00%
Bahamas [+]1994
-54
-1.03%
Bhutan [+]1994
0
-0.14%
Canada [+]1994
-40,223
-6.94%
Central African Republic [+]1994
-65
-7.57%
Republic of the Congo [+]1994
-220
-10.63%
Switzerland [+]1994
-7,811
-2.59%
Chile [+]1994
825
1.44%
China [+]1994
-9,494
-1.69%
Colombia [+]1994
-135
-0.14%
Costa Rica [+]1994
-573
-5.46%
Cabo Verde [+]1994
-58
-12.84%
Djibouti [+]1994
-34
-4.97%
Denmark [+]1994
-5,627
-3.60%
Dominica [+]1994
-9
-3.35%
Algeria [+]1994
-1,865
-4.40%
Ecuador [+]1994
0
0%
Eritrea [+]1994
38
8.69%
Ethiopia [+]1994
-426
-5.39%
Finland [+]1994-5,662
-6,639
-6.50%
Fiji [+]1994
-4
-0.20%
Gabon [+]1994
-68
-1.53%
Grenada [+]1994
-9
-2.85%
Ghana [+]1994
-670
-5.45%
Guinea [+]1994
-122
-2.59%
Equatorial Guinea [+]1994
-585
-487.31%
Guinea-Bissau [+]1994
-20
-5.54%
Hong Kong [+]1994
1,403
1.02%
Honduras [+]1994
-46
-0.97%
Croatia [+]19941,814
302
1.74%
Indonesia [+]1994
10
0.01%
India [+]1994
-26,172
-7.86%
Iran [+]1994
-3,272
-4.10%
Iceland [+]1994
-294
-4.59%
Jamaica [+]1994
145
2.46%
Jordan [+]1994
-145
-2.27%
Kenya [+]1994
-520
-4.14%
Kiribati [+]1994
1
0.91%
Comoros [+]1994
-12
-3.70%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]1994
2
0.79%
Kuwait [+]1994
-2,265
-9.14%
Lebanon [+]1994
-2,617
-29.11%
Saint Lucia [+]1993
-2
Saint Lucia [+]1994
-0.02%
Sri Lanka [+]1994
-1,055
-7.41%
Lesotho [+]1994
53
5.69%
Lithuania [+]1994-240
0
Libya [+]1994
-794
-2.67%
Morocco [+]1994
-968
-2.51%
Madagascar [+]1994
-255
-7.23%
Mongolia [+]1994
-90
-9.74%
Maldives [+]1994
-18
-4.82%
Mexico [+]1994
-12,483
-2.37%
Malaysia [+]1994
4,421
5.45%
Mozambique [+]1994
-118
-4.23%
Namibia [+]1994
-20
-0.57%
Nigeria [+]1994
-3,338
-4.17%
Netherlands [+]1994-11,158
-13,541
-3.54%
Norway [+]1994
52
0.04%
New Zealand [+]1994
1,059
2.00%
Oman [+]1994
-1,105
-7.47%
Panama [+]1994
-275
-3.30%
Papua New Guinea [+]1994
-81
-1.01%
Philippines [+]1994
-325
-0.45%
Pakistan [+]1994
-3,070
-4.02%
Paraguay [+]1994
383
4.87%
Qatar [+]1994
-702
-11.80%
Romania [+]1994
-671
-2.20%
Rwanda [+]1994
-135
-9.55%
Saudi Arabia [+]1994
-11,220
-8.31%
Solomon Islands [+]1994
26
6.51%
Seychelles [+]1994
-34
-6.95%
Sudan [+]1994
-180
-3.03%
Sweden [+]1994
-19,994
-8.73%
Singapore [+]1994
5,716
7.91%
Senegal [+]1994
280
5.90%
Suriname [+]1994
-9
-1.89%
El Salvador [+]1994
-72
-0.94%
Syria [+]1994
-906
-6.00%
Eswatini [+]1994
-57
-3.33%
Togo [+]1994
-91
-5.37%
Tunisia [+]1994
-513
-2.87%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]1994
-1
-0.02%
Taiwan [+]1994
-15,881
-6.20%
Tanzania [+]1994
-205
-3.74%
Uzbekistan [+]1994
-366
-4.47%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]1994
0
0.12%
Venezuela [+]1994
-6,532
-11.19%
Vanuatu [+]1994
-3
-1.49%
Samoa [+]1994
-15
-9.51%
Yemen [+]1994
-3,930
-14.03%

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.