Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]-223,267
-280,349
-2.03%
United Kingdom [+]-59,465
-74,690
-2.80%
Germany [+]-39,429
-49,510
-1.70%
France [+]-49,063
-56,710
-2.70%
Japan [+]-110,997
-139,376
-3.03%
Spain [+]21,322
26,773
2.12%
Italy [+]-56,154
-70,511
-3.60%
Portugal [+]-6,951
-8,540
-4.20%
Greece [+]-12,954
-16,266
-5.90%
Ireland [+]5,132
6,444
2.80%
Andorra [+]-40
-50
-1.45%
United Arab Emirates [+]35,644
44,757
20.15%
Afghanistan [+]35
45
0.64%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-69
-86
-7.46%
Albania [+]-231
-290
-3.26%
Armenia [+]-99
-125
-1.95%
Angola [+]3,931
4,936
9.42%
Argentina [+]3,060
3,843
1.65%
Austria [+]-6,791
-8,621
-2.50%
Australia [+]11,052
13,878
1.77%
Azerbaijan [+]111
139
0.66%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]214
268
2.15%
Barbados [+]-128
-160
-3.70%
Bangladesh [+]-1,471
-1,847
-2.15%
Belgium [+]779
978
0.20%
Burkina Faso [+]748
939
14.35%
Bulgaria [+]731
1,108
2.70%
Bahrain [+]345
434
2.34%
Burundi [+]-101
-126
-9.92%
Benin [+]-8
-10
-0.15%
Brunei [+]2,002
2,514
19.78%
Bolivia [+]410
515
4.47%
Brazil [+]-31,488
-39,539
-3.57%
Bahamas [+]-35
-44
-0.44%
Bhutan [+]-1
-1
-0.08%
Botswana [+]1,083
1,360
13.31%
Belarus [+]-2,347
-2,947
-7.71%
Belize [+]-29
-36
-2.34%
Canada [+]19,203
24,113
1.83%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]121
152
1.06%
Central African Republic [+]105
132
8.58%
Republic of the Congo [+]1,026
1,288
15.96%
Switzerland [+]2,980
3,738
0.80%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]-203
-255
-1.03%
Chile [+]9,200
11,552
7.51%
Cameroon [+]4,699
5,900
28.21%
China [+]-25,086
-31,499
-1.14%
Colombia [+]-1,279
-1,606
-0.99%
Costa Rica [+]-259
-325
-1.43%
Cabo Verde [+]-50
-63
-5.07%
Cyprus [+]-167
-213
-1.00%
Czechia [+]-2,679
-3,360
-2.20%
Djibouti [+]2
3
0.26%
Denmark [+]11,944
14,108
5.30%
Dominica [+]9
12
2.93%
Dominican Republic [+]-285
-358
-0.94%
Algeria [+]12,614
15,840
13.54%
Ecuador [+]1,063
1,335
2.85%
Estonia [+]392
492
2.90%
Egypt [+]-6,613
-8,304
-7.36%
Eritrea [+]-136
-170
-18.19%
Ethiopia [+]-462
-580
-3.79%
Finland [+]6,866
8,520
4.00%
Fiji [+]-20
-25
-0.76%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]-11
-14
-5.36%
Gabon [+]702
881
8.67%
Grenada [+]-29
-37
-5.25%
Georgia [+]209
262
3.28%
Ghana [+]-766
-961
-3.33%
The Gambia [+]-27
-34
-3.19%
Guinea [+]-73
-91
-2.18%
Equatorial Guinea [+]1,752
2,200
21.80%
Guatemala [+]-468
-588
-1.88%
Guinea-Bissau [+]-23
-29
-4.57%
Guyana [+]-93
-117
-6.16%
Hong Kong [+]6,269
7,872
4.00%
Honduras [+]-118
-148
-1.36%
Croatia [+]-755
-1,580
-1.90%
Haiti [+]-54
-68
-0.91%
Hungary [+]-8,531
-10,715
-9.30%
Indonesia [+]1,176
1,476
0.37%
Israel [+]-1,129
-1,417
-0.89%
India [+]-47,776
-59,991
-6.32%
Iraq [+]5,557
6,977
10.71%
Iran [+]-12,764
-16,027
-5.88%
Iceland [+]901
1,126
6.40%
Jamaica [+]-478
-601
-4.87%
Jordan [+]-481
-604
-3.89%
Kenya [+]-102
-128
-0.43%
Kyrgyzstan [+]-47
-59
-2.10%
Cambodia [+]-10
-13
-0.17%
Kiribati [+]-11
-14
-12.51%
Comoros [+]-8
-10
-1.51%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-6
-8
-1.26%
South Korea [+]10,329
12,969
1.23%
Kuwait [+]25,796
32,391
31.90%
Kazakhstan [+]4,937
6,199
7.65%
Laos [+]-46
-58
-1.48%
Lebanon [+]-1,854
-2,328
-10.57%
Saint Lucia [+]-51
-64
-5.01%
Sri Lanka [+]-1,575
-1,978
-5.91%
Liberia [+]39
49
4.23%
Lesotho [+]157
197
11.46%
Lithuania [+]-66
-136
-0.30%
Luxembourg [+]653
817
1.90%
Latvia [+]-92
-98
-0.50%
Libya [+]13,923
17,482
29.09%
Morocco [+]-1,065
-1,337
-1.80%
Moldova [+]-11
-14
-0.42%
Montenegro [+]94
118
4.33%
Madagascar [+]-291
-365
-5.71%
Marshall Islands [+]2
2
0.24%
North Macedonia [+]-28
-35
-0.51%
Mali [+]1,528
1,919
27.78%
Myanmar [+]-349
-439
-3.23%
Mongolia [+]206
259
7.59%
Mauritania [+]65
82
2.05%
Malta [+]-132
-171
-2.50%
Mauritius [+]-235
-295
-3.92%
Maldives [+]-57
-71
-4.52%
Malawi [+]-2
-3
-0.05%
Mexico [+]-9,961
-12,507
-1.28%
Malaysia [+]-3,533
-4,437
-2.60%
Mozambique [+]-230
-288
-3.14%
Namibia [+]209
263
3.41%
Niger [+]1,173
1,472
31.05%
Nigeria [+]15,541
19,514
8.76%
Nicaragua [+]56
70
1.04%
Netherlands [+]171
-98
0%
Norway [+]49,438
62,033
17.90%
Nepal [+]19
24
0.24%
New Zealand [+]4,044
5,078
4.63%
Oman [+]4,147
5,207
12.23%
Panama [+]70
88
0.48%
Peru [+]1,413
1,775
2.03%
Papua New Guinea [+]355
446
5.34%
Philippines [+]-47
-59
-0.05%
Pakistan [+]-3,592
-4,510
-2.92%
Poland [+]-9,716
-12,198
-3.50%
Palau [+]213,751,615
268,400,636
0.14%
Paraguay [+]179
224
1.67%
Qatar [+]4,321
5,426
9.25%
Romania [+]-2,079
-1,660
-2.10%
Serbia [+]-241
-302
-0.93%
Russia [+]65,931
82,788
7.80%
Rwanda [+]-1
-1
-0.03%
Saudi Arabia [+]62,419
78,377
20.82%
Solomon Islands [+]-7
-9
-1.68%
Seychelles [+]-20
-26
-2.54%
Sudan [+]-477
-599
-1.32%
Sweden [+]7,401
9,033
2.20%
Singapore [+]2,641
3,316
2.16%
Slovenia [+]-388
-486
-1.20%
Slovakia [+]-1,632
-2,057
-3.60%
Sierra Leone [+]-23
-29
-1.55%
San Marino [+]23
29
1.51%
Senegal [+]-341
-429
-3.67%
Suriname [+]13
17
0.59%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]18
23
17.26%
El Salvador [+]-436
-547
-3.42%
Syria [+]-302
-379
-1.12%
Eswatini [+]226
284
8.42%
Chad [+]132
165
2.22%
Togo [+]-49
-62
-1.95%
Thailand [+]3,236
4,063
1.87%
Tajikistan [+]38
48
1.71%
Timor-Leste [+]148
186
41.03%
Turkmenistan [+]895
1,124
3.11%
Tunisia [+]-670
-841
-2.33%
Tonga [+]3
4
1.34%
Türkiye [+]3,146
-3,805
0.80%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]230
289
1.61%
Tuvalu [+]-7
-9
-36.83%
Taiwan [+]-6,706
-8,420
-2.18%
Tanzania [+]-508
-638
-3.38%
Ukraine [+]-1,171
-1,471
-1.37%
Uganda [+]-71
-90
-0.64%
Uruguay [+]-110
-138
-0.65%
Uzbekistan [+]463
581
2.72%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-16
-20
-3.12%
Venezuela [+]-224,667,874
-282,107,810
-1.61%
Viet Nam [+]135
169
0.20%
Vanuatu [+]2
2
0.49%
Samoa [+]-2
-2
-0.44%
Yemen [+]180
226
1.19%
South Africa [+]1,973
2,478
0.82%
Zambia [+]1,719
2,158
16.91%
Zimbabwe [+]-139
-175
-2.15%

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.