Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]-63,419
-56,800
-0.54%
United Kingdom [+]4,298
3,555
0.20%
Germany [+]-65,729
-58,869
-3.00%
France [+]-21,687
-19,001
-1.40%
Japan [+]-302,861
-271,253
-6.20%
Spain [+]-3,189
-2,856
-0.45%
Italy [+]-41,606
-37,264
-3.20%
Portugal [+]-6,503
-5,821
-4.80%
Greece [+]-8,319
-7,451
-5.50%
Ireland [+]1,171
1,050
1.00%
Andorra [+]11
10
0.65%
United Arab Emirates [+]1,390
1,245
1.21%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-84
-75
-9.40%
Albania [+]-300
-269
-6.84%
Angola [+]388
347
3.18%
Argentina [+]-17,993
-16,115
-5.36%
Austria [+]-1,459
-1,300
-0.70%
Australia [+]-128
-114
-0.03%
Azerbaijan [+]1,330
1,192
21.76%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]-223
-200
-3.45%
Barbados [+]150
135
4.38%
Bangladesh [+]-2,483
-2,224
-3.44%
Belgium [+]616
552
0.20%
Burkina Faso [+]-127
-113
-3.56%
Bulgaria [+]108
-82
0.70%
Bahrain [+]74
66
0.73%
Burundi [+]-85
-76
-8.72%
Benin [+]-134
-120
-3.27%
Brunei [+]179
160
2.59%
Bolivia [+]-621
-556
-6.82%
Brazil [+]-19,831
-17,761
-3.17%
Bahamas [+]-28
-25
-0.31%
Bhutan [+]-64
-58
-13.08%
Botswana [+]-181
-162
-2.91%
Belarus [+]-675
-604
-4.74%
Belize [+]-95
-85
-7.51%
Canada [+]4,369
3,913
0.53%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]-103
-92
-1.27%
Central African Republic [+]-9
-8
-0.88%
Republic of the Congo [+]-24
-21
-0.71%
Switzerland [+]665
595
0.20%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]121
108
0.70%
Chile [+]-395
-354
-0.50%
Cameroon [+]105
94
0.86%
China [+]-38,654
-34,620
-2.60%
Colombia [+]-2,951
-2,643
-2.71%
Costa Rica [+]-619
-555
-3.47%
Cabo Verde [+]-44
-40
-6.47%
Cyprus [+]-240
-219
-2.10%
Czechia [+]-4,360
-3,905
-5.80%
Djibouti [+]-33
-29
-3.61%
Denmark [+]2,072
1,880
1.10%
Dominica [+]-24
-22
-6.54%
Dominican Republic [+]-466
-417
-1.63%
Algeria [+]2,091
1,873
3.42%
Ecuador [+]9
8
0.03%
Estonia [+]14
11
0.20%
Egypt [+]-1,222
-1,094
-1.07%
Eritrea [+]-255
-229
-39.31%
Ethiopia [+]-340
-305
-3.76%
Finland [+]7,197
6,336
5.00%
Fiji [+]-88
-79
-4.50%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]-15
-13
-5.45%
Gabon [+]228
204
4.07%
Grenada [+]-36
-32
-6.11%
Georgia [+]-26
-24
-0.71%
Ghana [+]-533
-477
-3.90%
The Gambia [+]-28
-25
-2.52%
Guinea [+]-141
-126
-3.31%
Equatorial Guinea [+]279
250
14.91%
Guatemala [+]-441
-395
-2.00%
Guinea-Bissau [+]-8
-8
-1.83%
Guyana [+]-62
-56
-3.71%
Hong Kong [+]-9,066
-8,120
-4.84%
Honduras [+]-266
-239
-3.12%
Croatia [+]-1,183
-1,327
-4.60%
Haiti [+]-109
-97
-1.55%
Hungary [+]-2,400
-2,150
-4.00%
Indonesia [+]-3,436
-3,077
-1.76%
Israel [+]-5,745
-5,146
-3.82%
India [+]-59,799
-53,558
-10.84%
Iran [+]89
80
0.02%
Iceland [+]-26
-23
-0.30%
Jamaica [+]-515
-461
-4.89%
Jordan [+]-287
-257
-2.77%
Kenya [+]-110
-99
-0.53%
Kyrgyzstan [+]-115
-103
-6.75%
Cambodia [+]-229
-205
-5.15%
Kiribati [+]-8
-7
-11.21%
Comoros [+]-9
-8
-2.13%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-55
-50
-10.87%
South Korea [+]15,337
13,737
2.51%
Kuwait [+]11,169
10,003
28.67%
Laos [+]-72
-65
-3.68%
Lebanon [+]-4,076
-3,650
-21.03%
Saint Lucia [+]-31
-27
-3.13%
Sri Lanka [+]-1,821
-1,631
-8.48%
Liberia [+]-10
-9
-0.94%
Lesotho [+]-24
-21
-2.73%
Lithuania [+]-483
-443
-3.50%
Luxembourg [+]1,344
1,203
5.60%
Latvia [+]-182
-166
-1.90%
Libya [+]26
23
0.07%
Morocco [+]-1,807
-1,618
-3.79%
Moldova [+]-6
-5
-0.35%
Madagascar [+]-219
-197
-3.61%
Marshall Islands [+]11
10
7.87%
North Macedonia [+]-244
-218
-5.88%
Mali [+]-108
-97
-2.80%
Myanmar [+]-467
-418
-5.87%
Mongolia [+]-61
-55
-4.33%
Malta [+]-277
-265
-6.10%
Mauritius [+]-301
-270
-5.39%
Maldives [+]-34
-30
-3.97%
Mexico [+]-22,868
-20,481
-2.71%
Malaysia [+]-4,920
-4,407
-4.36%
Mozambique [+]-280
-251
-4.64%
Namibia [+]-80
-72
-2.01%
Niger [+]-71
-63
-2.59%
Nigeria [+]-2,631
-2,356
-3.22%
Nicaragua [+]20
18
0.34%
Netherlands [+]-2,259
-1,764
-0.50%
Norway [+]25,643
22,953
13.20%
Nepal [+]-177
-158
-2.35%
New Zealand [+]767
687
1.29%
Oman [+]1,870
1,675
7.55%
Panama [+]-307
-275
-2.16%
Peru [+]-1,227
-1,099
-2.15%
Papua New Guinea [+]-67
-60
-1.33%
Philippines [+]-3,079
-2,758
-3.49%
Pakistan [+]-2,653
-2,376
-2.72%
Poland [+]-10,091
-9,052
-4.70%
Palau [+]-29
-26
-16.86%
Paraguay [+]27
24
0.29%
Qatar [+]875
784
4.48%
Romania [+]-1,560
-1,293
-3.50%
Serbia [+]50
44
0.36%
Russia [+]10,970
9,825
2.99%
Rwanda [+]-40
-35
-1.80%
Saudi Arabia [+]-8,030
-7,192
-3.91%
Solomon Islands [+]-4
-4
-0.99%
Seychelles [+]-62
-55
-8.93%
Sudan [+]-135
-121
-0.77%
Sweden [+]3,727
3,409
1.40%
Singapore [+]1,193
1,068
1.20%
Slovenia [+]-1,035
-930
-4.50%
Slovakia [+]-1,726
-1,546
-7.20%
Sierra Leone [+]-62
-56
-5.13%
Senegal [+]-105
-94
-1.44%
Suriname [+]46
41
3.49%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]-11
-10
-13.52%
El Salvador [+]-678
-607
-4.95%
Syria [+]540
484
2.31%
Eswatini [+]-39
-35
-2.17%
Chad [+]-99
-89
-4.59%
Togo [+]-16
-14
-0.72%
Thailand [+]-2,263
-2,027
-1.77%
Tajikistan [+]-38
-34
-3.19%
Timor-Leste [+]17
15
3.24%
Turkmenistan [+]56
50
0.43%
Tunisia [+]-743
-665
-2.87%
Tonga [+]5
4
2.23%
Türkiye [+]-52,150
-23,599
-23.90%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]61
54
0.62%
Taiwan [+]-18,671
-16,723
-5.59%
Tanzania [+]-58
-52
-0.41%
Ukraine [+]-1,282
-1,148
-3.03%
Uganda [+]-87
-78
-0.99%
Uruguay [+]-726
-651
-2.86%
Uzbekistan [+]-534
-478
-3.28%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-8
-7
-1.60%
Venezuela [+]-561,684,429
-503,064,234
-4.59%
Viet Nam [+]-1,011
-905
-2.19%
Vanuatu [+]-10
-9
-3.33%
Samoa [+]-6
-5
-1.96%
Yemen [+]307
275
2.79%
South Africa [+]-1,537
-1,376
-1.02%
Zambia [+]-255
-228
-5.89%

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.