Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]165,364
152,800
1.49%
United Kingdom [+]24,381
22,527
1.40%
Germany [+]-33,422
-30,883
-1.60%
France [+]-19,342
-18,014
-1.30%
Japan [+]-391,537
-361,788
-7.28%
Spain [+]-7,520
-6,949
-1.16%
Italy [+]-30,086
-27,800
-2.40%
Portugal [+]-4,130
-4,036
-3.20%
Greece [+]-5,809
-5,371
-4.10%
Ireland [+]5,268
4,867
4.90%
United Arab Emirates [+]11,881
10,979
10.57%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-44
-41
-4.91%
Albania [+]-293
-271
-7.77%
Angola [+]277
256
2.29%
Argentina [+]-11,750
-10,857
-3.42%
Austria [+]-5,137
-4,072
-2.40%
Australia [+]5,417
5,005
1.25%
Azerbaijan [+]8
8
0.15%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]-279
-258
-4.64%
Barbados [+]177
163
5.35%
Bangladesh [+]-1,716
-1,586
-2.50%
Belgium [+]-203
-188
-0.10%
Burkina Faso [+]-97
-90
-3.03%
Bulgaria [+]16
-80
0.10%
Bahrain [+]748
691
7.64%
Burundi [+]-61
-56
-6.44%
Benin [+]-141
-130
-3.69%
Brunei [+]493
456
6.86%
Bolivia [+]-338
-313
-3.73%
Brazil [+]-23,548
-21,759
-3.32%
Bahamas [+]-45
-42
-0.53%
Bhutan [+]-17
-15
-3.64%
Botswana [+]550
508
8.73%
Belarus [+]694,609
641,833
0.62%
Belize [+]-82
-76
-7.03%
Canada [+]21,272
19,656
2.64%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]-382
-353
-1.85%
Central African Republic [+]-19
-17
-2.01%
Republic of the Congo [+]41
38
1.05%
Switzerland [+]853
788
0.30%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]-133
-123
-0.83%
Chile [+]-587
-542
-0.69%
Cameroon [+]171
158
1.55%
China [+]-37,130
-34,309
-2.85%
Colombia [+]-3,154
-2,914
-2.94%
Costa Rica [+]-599
-553
-3.68%
Cabo Verde [+]-118
-109
-17.84%
Cyprus [+]-236
-223
-2.20%
Czechia [+]-2,397
-2,211
-3.60%
Djibouti [+]-34
-31
-3.98%
Denmark [+]3,187
3,098
1.80%
Dominica [+]-32
-29
-8.66%
Dominican Republic [+]-367
-339
-1.40%
Algeria [+]5,731
5,296
9.67%
Ecuador [+]-61
-56
-0.31%
Estonia [+]-4
-5
-0.10%
Egypt [+]1,497
1,383
1.32%
Eritrea [+]-216
-200
-36.48%
Ethiopia [+]-785
-725
-8.88%
Finland [+]9,351
8,481
6.90%
Fiji [+]-27
-25
-1.33%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]-9
-8
-3.48%
Gabon [+]650
601
11.13%
Grenada [+]-12
-11
-2.16%
Georgia [+]-65
-60
-1.92%
Ghana [+]-532
-492
-4.29%
The Gambia [+]-1
-1
-0.09%
Guinea [+]-107
-99
-2.46%
Equatorial Guinea [+]-33
-31
-2.67%
Guatemala [+]-368
-340
-1.88%
Guinea-Bissau [+]-12
-11
-2.80%
Guyana [+]-37
-34
-2.27%
Hong Kong [+]-1,088
-1,005
-0.59%
Honduras [+]117
108
1.51%
Croatia [+]-2,083
-1,191
-8.80%
Haiti [+]-100
-92
-1.36%
Hungary [+]-1,558
-1,436
-3.00%
Indonesia [+]-3,632
-3,356
-1.87%
Israel [+]-1,320
-1,220
-0.90%
India [+]-42,626
-39,387
-8.26%
Iran [+]26,264
24,269
6.61%
Iceland [+]141
130
1.40%
Jamaica [+]-80
-74
-0.80%
Jordan [+]-377
-348
-4.00%
Kenya [+]75
69
0.38%
Kyrgyzstan [+]-158
-146
-10.70%
Cambodia [+]-191
-177
-4.82%
Kiribati [+]-1
-1
-0.03%
Comoros [+]-4
-4
-1.14%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-61
-56
-13.33%
South Korea [+]25,265
23,345
4.05%
Kuwait [+]12,905
11,925
31.61%
Laos [+]-67
-62
-3.58%
Lebanon [+]-4,410
-4,075
-23.95%
Saint Lucia [+]-12
-11
-1.19%
Sri Lanka [+]-1,684
-1,556
-7.78%
Liberia [+]-1
-1
-0.08%
Lesotho [+]-10
-9
-0.96%
Lithuania [+]-398
-459
-3.20%
Luxembourg [+]1,275
1,179
5.50%
Latvia [+]-235
-199
-2.70%
Libya [+]5,830
5,387
13.64%
Morocco [+]-898
-830
-1.97%
Moldova [+]-50
-47
-3.55%
Madagascar [+]-118
-109
-2.35%
Marshall Islands [+]10
9
7.87%
North Macedonia [+]97
90
2.38%
Mali [+]-85
-78
-2.64%
Myanmar [+]-470
-434
-5.62%
Mongolia [+]-72
-66
-5.82%
Malta [+]-241
-236
-5.50%
Mauritius [+]-235
-217
-4.25%
Maldives [+]-34
-31
-3.89%
Mexico [+]-21,564
-19,926
-2.82%
Malaysia [+]-6,691
-6,183
-6.05%
Mozambique [+]-81
-75
-1.32%
Namibia [+]-34
-31
-0.79%
Niger [+]-68
-63
-2.83%
Nigeria [+]2,984
2,757
4.07%
Nicaragua [+]119
110
2.15%
Netherlands [+]5,136
5,049
1.10%
Norway [+]27,989
25,798
15.00%
Nepal [+]-105
-97
-1.48%
New Zealand [+]103
96
0.18%
Oman [+]2,930
2,707
12.16%
Panama [+]-77
-71
-0.56%
Peru [+]-1,154
-1,067
-2.12%
Papua New Guinea [+]17
16
0.30%
Philippines [+]-2,964
-2,739
-3.27%
Pakistan [+]-3,456
-3,194
-3.56%
Poland [+]-7,459
-6,879
-4.00%
Palau [+]-19
-18
-12.21%
Paraguay [+]-39
-36
-0.41%
Qatar [+]905
836
4.62%
Romania [+]-1,865
-1,487
-4.60%
Serbia [+]-17
-15
-0.17%
Russia [+]9,357
8,646
3.11%
Rwanda [+]-5
-4
-0.22%
Saudi Arabia [+]6,531
6,034
3.18%
Solomon Islands [+]-16
-15
-3.51%
Seychelles [+]-98
-91
-14.74%
Sudan [+]-99
-92
-0.70%
Sweden [+]8,879
8,243
3.10%
Singapore [+]4,868
4,498
4.59%
Slovenia [+]-797
-743
-3.60%
Slovakia [+]-2,828
-2,618
-12.60%
Sierra Leone [+]-32
-29
-3.09%
Senegal [+]51
47
0.78%
Suriname [+]-114
-105
-7.76%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]43
40
51.52%
El Salvador [+]-439
-406
-3.45%
Syria [+]-292
-270
-1.36%
Eswatini [+]-22
-21
-1.16%
Chad [+]-103
-95
-6.07%
Togo [+]-75
-69
-3.45%
Thailand [+]-2,340
-2,162
-1.79%
Tajikistan [+]-59
-55
-5.56%
Timor-Leste [+]438
405
92.21%
Turkmenistan [+]-28
-26
-0.31%
Tunisia [+]-784
-724
-3.22%
Tonga [+]3
2
1.35%
Türkiye [+]-19,776
-22,961
-6.80%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]15
14
0.18%
Taiwan [+]-19,076
-17,626
-5.33%
Tanzania [+]-98
-90
-0.73%
Ukraine [+]-1,115
-1,030
-3.19%
Uganda [+]-52
-48
-0.62%
Uruguay [+]-744
-687
-2.77%
Uzbekistan [+]-681
-629
-3.66%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-4
-3
-0.82%
Venezuela [+]451,028,953
416,760,224
4.45%
Viet Nam [+]-688
-635
-1.61%
Vanuatu [+]-18
-17
-6.28%
Samoa [+]-2
-2
-0.62%
Yemen [+]638
589
6.09%
South Africa [+]-2,273
-2,100
-1.38%
Zambia [+]45
42
1.16%

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.