Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]-441,189
-416,882
-3.81%
United Kingdom [+]-35,423
-33,438
-1.90%
Germany [+]-85,177
-80,484
-3.90%
France [+]-50,121
-47,414
-3.20%
Japan [+]-324,744
-306,852
-7.34%
Spain [+]-2,374
-2,243
-0.32%
Italy [+]-38,743
-36,608
-2.90%
Portugal [+]-4,753
-5,099
-3.30%
Greece [+]-9,847
-9,304
-6.00%
Ireland [+]-706
-668
-0.50%
Andorra [+]18
17
0.97%
United Arab Emirates [+]-1,439
-1,359
-1.24%
Afghanistan [+]-5
-4
-0.10%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-84
-79
-9.74%
Albania [+]-286
-270
-6.21%
Angola [+]-411
-389
-2.54%
Argentina [+]-2,273
-2,148
-1.91%
Austria [+]-3,132
-3,995
-1.40%
Australia [+]867
820
0.19%
Azerbaijan [+]1,279
1,209
19.39%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]-213
-201
-3.00%
Barbados [+]-188
-177
-5.67%
Bangladesh [+]-1,615
-1,526
-2.31%
Belgium [+]-119
-113
0%
Burkina Faso [+]-170
-160
-4.43%
Bulgaria [+]-185
-101
-1.10%
Bahrain [+]-346
-327
-3.41%
Burundi [+]-47
-44
-5.38%
Benin [+]-148
-140
-3.33%
Brunei [+]-316
-299
-4.61%
Bolivia [+]-736
-696
-8.79%
Brazil [+]-23,845
-22,531
-4.42%
Bahamas [+]-188
-178
-2.07%
Bhutan [+]-24
-22
-4.65%
Botswana [+]-230
-217
-3.94%
Belarus [+]-1,247
-1,178
-7.81%
Belize [+]-71
-68
-5.61%
Canada [+]-1,882
-1,778
-0.23%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]66
63
0.72%
Central African Republic [+]-12
-11
-1.16%
Republic of the Congo [+]-259
-244
-7.34%
Switzerland [+]-5,741
-5,404
-1.70%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]-116
-109
-0.64%
Chile [+]-871
-823
-1.17%
Cameroon [+]197
186
1.51%
China [+]-44,732
-42,268
-2.88%
Colombia [+]-3,555
-3,359
-3.45%
Costa Rica [+]-876
-828
-4.99%
Cabo Verde [+]-56
-53
-7.84%
Cyprus [+]-490
-472
-4.10%
Czechia [+]-5,548
-5,220
-6.40%
Djibouti [+]-40
-38
-4.57%
Denmark [+]478
-27
0.30%
Dominica [+]-14
-14
-4.07%
Dominican Republic [+]-522
-493
-1.81%
Algeria [+]140
132
0.23%
Ecuador [+]212
200
0.70%
Estonia [+]33
29
0.40%
Egypt [+]-6,465
-6,109
-6.77%
Eritrea [+]-203
-192
-34.05%
Ethiopia [+]-478
-451
-5.76%
Finland [+]6,024
5,575
4.10%
Fiji [+]-75
-71
-3.68%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]18
17
7.14%
Gabon [+]210
199
3.72%
Grenada [+]-80
-76
-14.03%
Georgia [+]-7
-6
-0.19%
Ghana [+]-439
-415
-2.92%
The Gambia [+]1
1
0.06%
Guinea [+]-150
-142
-3.53%
Equatorial Guinea [+]386
364
17.59%
Guatemala [+]-240
-226
-1.03%
Guinea-Bissau [+]-18
-17
-3.70%
Guyana [+]-40
-38
-2.42%
Hong Kong [+]-8,370
-7,909
-4.77%
Honduras [+]-417
-394
-5.02%
Croatia [+]-1,320
-882
-4.60%
Haiti [+]-116
-109
-1.80%
Hungary [+]-6,313
-5,948
-8.80%
Indonesia [+]-1,297
-1,226
-0.58%
Israel [+]-10,524
-9,944
-7.95%
India [+]-60,339
-57,015
-10.88%
Iran [+]-4,939
-4,667
-3.52%
Iceland [+]-225
-212
-2.30%
Jamaica [+]-714
-675
-6.73%
Jordan [+]-469
-443
-4.48%
Kenya [+]-261
-246
-1.30%
Kyrgyzstan [+]-100
-95
-5.90%
Cambodia [+]-290
-274
-6.38%
Kiribati [+]2
2
3.24%
Comoros [+]-10
-9
-2.15%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-60
-56
-11.71%
South Korea [+]22,202
20,979
3.35%
Kuwait [+]7,804
7,374
19.34%
Kazakhstan [+]502
474
1.92%
Laos [+]-56
-53
-2.85%
Lebanon [+]-3,227
-3,049
-16.19%
Saint Lucia [+]-29
-28
-3.09%
Sri Lanka [+]-1,479
-1,397
-6.90%
Liberia [+]-16
-15
-1.57%
Lesotho [+]-22
-20
-2.39%
Lithuania [+]-282
-256
-1.90%
Luxembourg [+]508
480
2.00%
Latvia [+]-236
-240
-2.30%
Libya [+]1,563
1,477
6.99%
Morocco [+]-2,113
-1,997
-4.37%
Moldova [+]-21
-20
-1.18%
Montenegro [+]-19
-18
-1.44%
Madagascar [+]-232
-219
-4.09%
Marshall Islands [+]7
7
5.13%
North Macedonia [+]-221
-209
-5.24%
Mali [+]-128
-121
-3.09%
Myanmar [+]-274
-259
-3.75%
Mongolia [+]-70
-66
-4.74%
Malta [+]-253
-253
-5.30%
Mauritius [+]-281
-265
-4.96%
Maldives [+]-35
-33
-3.97%
Malawi [+]-233
-220
-4.47%
Mexico [+]-18,714
-17,683
-2.29%
Malaysia [+]-4,603
-4,349
-3.96%
Mozambique [+]-212
-200
-3.53%
Namibia [+]-50
-47
-1.38%
Niger [+]-65
-61
-2.21%
Nigeria [+]1,335
1,262
1.34%
Nicaragua [+]114
108
2.07%
Netherlands [+]-11,215
-9,453
-2.20%
Norway [+]18,804
17,685
9.00%
Nepal [+]-178
-168
-2.47%
New Zealand [+]1,680
1,588
2.56%
Oman [+]1,296
1,225
5.31%
Panama [+]-428
-404
-3.06%
Peru [+]-802
-758
-1.40%
Papua New Guinea [+]-81
-77
-1.75%
Philippines [+]-3,307
-3,125
-3.71%
Pakistan [+]-2,740
-2,589
-2.94%
Poland [+]-10,144
-9,590
-4.80%
Palau [+]-22
-21
-12.79%
Paraguay [+]-141
-134
-1.86%
Qatar [+]1,615
1,526
7.89%
Romania [+]-942
-1,195
-1.90%
Serbia [+]-443
-419
-2.59%
Russia [+]2,634
2,489
0.67%
Rwanda [+]-42
-40
-2.02%
Saudi Arabia [+]-11,853
-11,200
-5.91%
Solomon Islands [+]-5
-5
-1.33%
Seychelles [+]-120
-114
-16.26%
Sudan [+]-131
-124
-0.69%
Sweden [+]-4,124
-3,760
-1.50%
Singapore [+]2,207
2,085
2.23%
Slovenia [+]-593
-559
-2.40%
Slovakia [+]-2,165
-2,046
-8.20%
Sierra Leone [+]-64
-60
-4.82%
Senegal [+]14
13
0.19%
Suriname [+]-51
-49
-3.30%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]-9
-8
-10.42%
El Salvador [+]-738
-697
-5.50%
Syria [+]-487
-460
-2.02%
Eswatini [+]-56
-53
-3.58%
Chad [+]-126
-119
-5.29%
Togo [+]-7
-6
-0.28%
Thailand [+]-8,845
-8,358
-6.72%
Tajikistan [+]-31
-30
-2.44%
Timor-Leste [+]-38
-36
-7.64%
Turkmenistan [+]16
15
0.10%
Tunisia [+]-654
-618
-2.55%
Tonga [+]5
5
2.59%
Türkiye [+]-24,828
-27,236
-10.20%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]-19
-18
-0.20%
Taiwan [+]-17,055
-16,115
-5.24%
Tanzania [+]-101
-95
-0.73%
Ukraine [+]-825
-779
-1.84%
Uganda [+]-184
-174
-2.07%
Uruguay [+]-502
-474
-3.20%
Uzbekistan [+]-809
-764
-6.32%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-10
-10
-2.00%
Venezuela [+]-161,198,619
-152,317,542
-1.48%
Viet Nam [+]-875
-827
-1.86%
Vanuatu [+]-10
-10
-3.63%
Samoa [+]-5
-5
-1.77%
Yemen [+]-63
-59
-0.56%
South Africa [+]-1,312
-1,240
-0.96%
Zambia [+]-200
-189
-4.50%

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.