Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]-416,348
-517,661
-4.24%
United Kingdom [+]-59,296
-73,710
-3.10%
Germany [+]-75,436
-93,792
-3.30%
France [+]-60,300
-76,072
-3.50%
Japan [+]-209,139
-260,030
-5.31%
Spain [+]-941
-1,017
-0.11%
Italy [+]-50,524
-62,818
-3.50%
Portugal [+]-9,414
-11,311
-6.20%
Greece [+]-17,101
-21,262
-8.80%
Ireland [+]2,029
2,521
1.30%
Andorra [+]43
53
1.86%
United Arab Emirates [+]7,609
9,460
6.40%
Afghanistan [+]-99
-123
-2.39%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-32
-40
-4.35%
Albania [+]-298
-371
-5.16%
Angola [+]224
279
1.18%
Argentina [+]5,262
6,542
3.97%
Austria [+]-11,645
-14,581
-4.80%
Australia [+]7,010
8,716
1.32%
Azerbaijan [+]124
155
1.78%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]-15
-18
-0.18%
Barbados [+]-90
-111
-3.15%
Bangladesh [+]-1,386
-1,723
-2.21%
Belgium [+]-709
-882
-0.20%
Burkina Faso [+]-184
-229
-4.19%
Bulgaria [+]377
416
1.80%
Bahrain [+]26
32
0.25%
Burundi [+]-114
-141
-15.46%
Benin [+]-35
-44
-0.71%
Brunei [+]601
747
8.57%
Bolivia [+]-392
-487
-5.54%
Brazil [+]-15,482
-19,249
-2.88%
Bahamas [+]-141
-175
-1.95%
Bhutan [+]10
13
1.94%
Botswana [+]101
125
1.35%
Belarus [+]-1,359
-1,690
-7.06%
Belize [+]-51
-63
-4.67%
Canada [+]6,338
7,880
0.77%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]-36
-45
-0.43%
Central African Republic [+]-18
-23
-1.72%
Republic of the Congo [+]136
170
3.33%
Switzerland [+]-4,526
-5,620
-1.40%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]-191
-238
-1.04%
Chile [+]1,634
2,032
2.05%
Cameroon [+]-69
-86
-0.46%
China [+]-23,704
-29,472
-1.51%
Colombia [+]-1,227
-1,525
-1.31%
Costa Rica [+]-511
-636
-3.42%
Cabo Verde [+]-30
-38
-3.68%
Cyprus [+]-513
-643
-3.70%
Czechia [+]-2,288
-2,839
-2.40%
Djibouti [+]-28
-34
-3.67%
Denmark [+]4,535
5,211
2.20%
Dominica [+]-2
-3
-0.67%
Dominican Republic [+]-624
-776
-3.45%
Algeria [+]4,704
5,849
6.85%
Ecuador [+]549
683
1.87%
Estonia [+]234
291
2.40%
Egypt [+]-3,840
-4,774
-5.76%
Eritrea [+]-148
-184
-21.46%
Ethiopia [+]-216
-268
-2.65%
Finland [+]3,508
4,258
2.20%
Fiji [+]-23
-28
-0.98%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]-7
-9
-3.75%
Gabon [+]437
543
6.99%
Grenada [+]-3
-4
-0.62%
Georgia [+]152
189
3.59%
Ghana [+]-354
-440
-2.17%
The Gambia [+]-14
-17
-1.77%
Guinea [+]-158
-196
-3.88%
Equatorial Guinea [+]664
826
13.87%
Guatemala [+]-210
-262
-1.05%
Guinea-Bissau [+]-28
-34
-5.92%
Guyana [+]-38
-48
-2.88%
Hong Kong [+]-417
-518
-0.30%
Honduras [+]-177
-220
-2.48%
Croatia [+]-1,938
-2,066
-5.70%
Haiti [+]-65
-81
-1.34%
Hungary [+]-5,528
-6,862
-6.60%
Indonesia [+]-585
-727
-0.26%
Israel [+]-3,816
-4,745
-3.39%
India [+]-52,593
-65,391
-9.06%
Iraq [+]-10,432
-12,971
-35.40%
Iran [+]-4,536
-5,640
-2.99%
Iceland [+]32
40
0.30%
Jamaica [+]-393
-489
-4.67%
Jordan [+]-103
-128
-1.09%
Kenya [+]92
114
0.50%
Kyrgyzstan [+]-87
-108
-4.89%
Cambodia [+]-153
-190
-3.56%
Kiribati [+]-16
-20
-19.52%
Comoros [+]-5
-6
-0.98%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-27
-33
-6.60%
South Korea [+]571
710
0.09%
Kuwait [+]10,619
13,203
22.21%
Kazakhstan [+]1,141
1,419
3.29%
Laos [+]-39
-48
-1.81%
Lebanon [+]-1,673
-2,081
-9.83%
Saint Lucia [+]-23
-28
-2.64%
Sri Lanka [+]-1,242
-1,544
-6.32%
Liberia [+]-4
-5
-0.56%
Lesotho [+]78
97
6.09%
Lithuania [+]-254
-346
-1.40%
Luxembourg [+]-393
-489
-1.40%
Latvia [+]-139
-143
-1.20%
Libya [+]3,098
3,852
11.31%
Morocco [+]-1,720
-2,138
-3.31%
Moldova [+]12
15
0.59%
Montenegro [+]-41
-51
-2.45%
Madagascar [+]-172
-214
-4.23%
Marshall Islands [+]-2
-2
-1.60%
North Macedonia [+]17
21
0.37%
Mali [+]-103
-129
-2.36%
Myanmar [+]-370
-460
-4.28%
Mongolia [+]-26
-32
-1.62%
Mauritania [+]-58
-72
-3.06%
Malta [+]-209
-268
-4.20%
Mauritius [+]-243
-302
-4.28%
Maldives [+]-22
-28
-2.26%
Malawi [+]-103
-128
-2.61%
Mexico [+]-8,873
-11,032
-1.41%
Malaysia [+]-3,665
-4,556
-3.35%
Mozambique [+]-202
-251
-3.30%
Namibia [+]-143
-178
-2.67%
Niger [+]-83
-104
-2.76%
Nigeria [+]5,754
7,154
5.49%
Nicaragua [+]79
98
1.70%
Netherlands [+]-9,701
-11,534
-1.80%
Norway [+]23,148
28,741
10.80%
Nepal [+]-10
-12
-0.14%
New Zealand [+]3,677
4,572
4.50%
Oman [+]1,240
1,542
5.43%
Panama [+]-558
-694
-4.55%
Peru [+]-549
-683
-1.03%
Papua New Guinea [+]102
127
2.03%
Philippines [+]-2,145
-2,667
-2.81%
Pakistan [+]-1,373
-1,707
-1.44%
Poland [+]-10,322
-12,784
-5.00%
Palau [+]-6
-8
-4.89%
Paraguay [+]66
82
0.85%
Qatar [+]4,516
5,614
18.32%
Romania [+]-656
-2,544
-1.10%
Serbia [+]13
16
0.07%
Russia [+]23,302
28,972
4.58%
Rwanda [+]44
54
2.27%
Saudi Arabia [+]20,223
25,144
9.72%
Solomon Islands [+]10
12
3.04%
Seychelles [+]3
4
0.44%
Sudan [+]33
41
0.16%
Sweden [+]512
778
0.20%
Singapore [+]1,944
2,417
2.06%
Slovenia [+]-538
-668
-1.90%
Slovakia [+]-804
-1,000
-2.30%
Sierra Leone [+]-27
-34
-2.37%
San Marino [+]34
42
2.45%
Senegal [+]15
19
0.18%
Suriname [+]-19
-24
-1.20%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]-12
-15
-14.65%
El Salvador [+]-305
-379
-2.76%
Syria [+]-848
-1,054
-4.18%
Eswatini [+]-89
-110
-3.86%
Chad [+]-96
-119
-2.39%
Togo [+]15
19
0.61%
Thailand [+]1,493
1,857
1.11%
Tajikistan [+]-40
-49
-2.37%
Timor-Leste [+]-27
-33
-7.48%
Turkmenistan [+]157
195
0.81%
Tunisia [+]-553
-687
-2.10%
Tonga [+]8
10
4.23%
Türkiye [+]-13,983
-16,863
-4.40%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]199
248
1.91%
Tuvalu [+]-1
-1
-3.60%
Taiwan [+]-12,897
-16,035
-4.62%
Tanzania [+]-305
-379
-2.43%
Ukraine [+]-2,299
-2,859
-4.42%
Uganda [+]30
37
0.34%
Uruguay [+]-104
-130
-0.87%
Uzbekistan [+]-453
-563
-3.74%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-12
-15
-2.71%
Venezuela [+]237,177,256
294,891,258
2.47%
Viet Nam [+]-76
-94
-0.15%
Vanuatu [+]2
3
0.80%
Samoa [+]-3
-3
-0.74%
Yemen [+]-240
-299
-2.15%
South Africa [+]-2,151
-2,674
-1.04%
Zambia [+]-126
-156
-2.51%

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.