Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]-321,404
-400,077
-3.07%
United Kingdom [+]-63,731
-79,322
-3.10%
Germany [+]-75,959
-94,552
-3.30%
France [+]-61,801
-73,761
-3.50%
Japan [+]-172,275
-214,444
-4.44%
Spain [+]11,421
14,217
1.23%
Italy [+]-60,978
-75,904
-4.10%
Portugal [+]-9,720
-12,062
-6.10%
Greece [+]-12,329
-15,347
-6.20%
Ireland [+]2,675
3,330
1.60%
Andorra [+]-2
-2
-0.09%
United Arab Emirates [+]23,197
28,875
15.99%
Afghanistan [+]-48
-59
-0.97%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-40
-49
-4.80%
Albania [+]-224
-278
-3.46%
Armenia [+]-78
-97
-1.98%
Angola [+]2,130
2,651
7.17%
Argentina [+]5,348
6,657
3.34%
Austria [+]-6,373
-8,035
-2.50%
Australia [+]10,099
12,571
1.71%
Azerbaijan [+]292
364
2.74%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]67
83
0.76%
Barbados [+]-102
-128
-3.26%
Bangladesh [+]-1,592
-1,981
-2.40%
Belgium [+]-8,418
-10,479
-2.70%
Burkina Faso [+]-242
-301
-4.89%
Bulgaria [+]387
653
1.60%
Bahrain [+]374
465
2.91%
Burundi [+]-95
-118
-10.56%
Benin [+]-80
-100
-1.52%
Brunei [+]1,358
1,691
16.01%
Bolivia [+]-173
-215
-2.25%
Brazil [+]-25,347
-31,551
-3.54%
Bahamas [+]-88
-109
-1.16%
Bhutan [+]-46
-57
-7.51%
Botswana [+]846
1,053
10.33%
Belarus [+]-1,682
-2,094
-6.71%
Belize [+]-44
-55
-3.83%
Canada [+]14,642
18,226
1.55%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]62
77
0.64%
Central African Republic [+]-49
-61
-4.34%
Republic of the Congo [+]716
892
13.40%
Switzerland [+]-2,173
-2,702
-0.60%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]-195
-242
-1.03%
Chile [+]4,489
5,587
4.57%
Cameroon [+]475
592
3.03%
China [+]-25,783
-32,094
-1.40%
Colombia [+]-24
-30
-0.02%
Costa Rica [+]-448
-558
-2.78%
Cabo Verde [+]-53
-65
-6.00%
Cyprus [+]-326
-417
-2.20%
Czechia [+]-3,339
-4,151
-3.00%
Djibouti [+]-9
-12
-1.18%
Denmark [+]11,100
13,105
5.20%
Dominica [+]3
4
0.95%
Dominican Republic [+]-116
-145
-0.40%
Algeria [+]9,831
12,237
11.86%
Ecuador [+]214
266
0.64%
Estonia [+]128
159
1.10%
Egypt [+]-5,057
-6,295
-6.69%
Eritrea [+]-196
-244
-28.68%
Ethiopia [+]-410
-511
-4.12%
Finland [+]4,367
5,306
2.70%
Fiji [+]-30
-37
-1.18%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]-11
-14
-5.56%
Gabon [+]607
755
7.98%
Grenada [+]5
6
0.87%
Georgia [+]113
141
2.15%
Ghana [+]-397
-494
-2.01%
The Gambia [+]-28
-34
-3.33%
Guinea [+]-39
-48
-1.07%
Equatorial Guinea [+]1,220
1,518
18.55%
Guatemala [+]-378
-471
-1.67%
Guinea-Bissau [+]-26
-32
-4.96%
Guyana [+]-90
-112
-6.54%
Hong Kong [+]1,442
1,795
0.97%
Honduras [+]-3
-3
-0.03%
Croatia [+]-1,117
-1,664
-3.00%
Haiti [+]-48
-60
-0.83%
Hungary [+]-7,086
-8,807
-7.80%
Indonesia [+]1,058
1,316
0.42%
Israel [+]-3,041
-3,786
-2.57%
India [+]-49,381
-61,468
-7.37%
Iraq [+]1,636
2,037
4.07%
Iran [+]-5,413
-6,738
-2.95%
Iceland [+]679
844
5.00%
Jamaica [+]-306
-380
-3.31%
Jordan [+]-565
-704
-5.42%
Kenya [+]-41
-51
-0.19%
Kyrgyzstan [+]-75
-93
-3.79%
Cambodia [+]-19
-24
-0.38%
Kiribati [+]-9
-11
-10.11%
Comoros [+]0
0
0.03%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-15
-19
-3.53%
South Korea [+]7,452
9,276
0.99%
Kuwait [+]28,113
34,994
43.30%
Kazakhstan [+]2,789
3,472
6.08%
Laos [+]-63
-78
-2.54%
Lebanon [+]-1,481
-1,843
-8.57%
Saint Lucia [+]-56
-70
-6.12%
Sri Lanka [+]-1,377
-1,714
-5.93%
Liberia [+]-4
-5
-0.51%
Lesotho [+]61
76
4.42%
Lithuania [+]-72
-132
-0.30%
Luxembourg [+]-63
-80
-0.20%
Latvia [+]-66
-173
-0.50%
Libya [+]11,923
14,842
30.38%
Morocco [+]-2,957
-3,681
-5.46%
Moldova [+]35
43
1.44%
Montenegro [+]-26
-32
-1.41%
Madagascar [+]-116
-145
-2.48%
Marshall Islands [+]-25
-31
-22.51%
North Macedonia [+]11
13
0.21%
Mali [+]-139
-173
-2.76%
Myanmar [+]-319
-397
-3.27%
Mongolia [+]49
61
2.44%
Mauritania [+]-74
-93
-3.16%
Malta [+]-146
-168
-2.80%
Mauritius [+]-245
-305
-4.26%
Maldives [+]-73
-91
-7.81%
Malawi [+]-67
-84
-1.63%
Mexico [+]-10,570
-13,157
-1.50%
Malaysia [+]-3,422
-4,259
-2.83%
Mozambique [+]-147
-183
-2.14%
Namibia [+]-18
-23
-0.31%
Niger [+]-54
-67
-1.53%
Nigeria [+]6,688
8,326
4.91%
Nicaragua [+]87
108
1.72%
Netherlands [+]-2,847
-3,083
-0.50%
Norway [+]36,705
45,631
14.70%
Nepal [+]18
23
0.25%
New Zealand [+]4,675
5,819
5.14%
Oman [+]3,197
3,979
11.21%
Panama [+]-325
-405
-2.43%
Peru [+]-260
-323
-0.44%
Papua New Guinea [+]168
209
2.85%
Philippines [+]-1,402
-1,745
-1.63%
Pakistan [+]-2,668
-3,321
-2.50%
Poland [+]-9,697
-12,063
-3.90%
Palau [+]2
3
1.62%
Paraguay [+]83
103
0.96%
Qatar [+]3,810
4,743
10.63%
Romania [+]-641
-680
-0.80%
Serbia [+]231
287
1.05%
Russia [+]49,906
62,122
7.60%
Rwanda [+]27
33
1.12%
Saudi Arabia [+]47,425
59,034
17.99%
Solomon Islands [+]-11
-14
-2.90%
Seychelles [+]3
4
0.42%
Sudan [+]-530
-660
-1.88%
Sweden [+]6,570
7,103
2.10%
Singapore [+]2,689
3,347
2.56%
Slovenia [+]-386
-481
-1.30%
Slovakia [+]-1,133
-1,412
-2.90%
Sierra Leone [+]-25
-31
-1.94%
San Marino [+]51
64
3.58%
Senegal [+]-23
-29
-0.26%
Suriname [+]-65
-81
-3.39%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]32
39
31.51%
El Salvador [+]-410
-510
-3.47%
Syria [+]-1,023
-1,273
-4.41%
Eswatini [+]-42
-53
-1.61%
Chad [+]-4
-5
-0.07%
Togo [+]-41
-51
-1.67%
Thailand [+]3,232
4,023
2.17%
Tajikistan [+]-54
-67
-2.90%
Timor-Leste [+]-39
-49
-10.50%
Turkmenistan [+]111
138
0.48%
Tunisia [+]-704
-876
-2.59%
Tonga [+]9
11
4.23%
Türkiye [+]-4,540
-3,791
-1.20%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]307
382
2.47%
Tuvalu [+]-2
-3
-12.78%
Taiwan [+]-7,505
-9,341
-2.50%
Tanzania [+]-452
-563
-3.28%
Ukraine [+]-1,573
-1,958
-2.28%
Uganda [+]-17
-21
-0.17%
Uruguay [+]-42
-52
-0.28%
Uzbekistan [+]-507
-632
-3.52%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-20
-25
-4.30%
Venezuela [+]478,078,688
595,101,833
4.10%
Viet Nam [+]-561
-698
-0.95%
Vanuatu [+]6
7
1.86%
Samoa [+]1
1
0.23%
Yemen [+]-245
-305
-1.82%
South Africa [+]-239
-297
-0.10%
Zambia [+]-159
-198
-2.37%
Zimbabwe [+]-382
-476
-5.27%

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.