Government budget deficit

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CountriesDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]-1,368,580
-1,906,799
-13.17%
United Kingdom [+]-174,527
-243,106
-10.00%
Germany [+]-77,053
-107,355
-3.20%
France [+]-142,834
-193,572
-7.40%
Japan [+]-367,990
-512,709
-9.69%
Spain [+]-120,576
-167,995
-11.28%
Italy [+]-80,772
-112,537
-5.10%
Portugal [+]-17,318
-24,129
-9.90%
Greece [+]-36,141
-50,131
-15.20%
Ireland [+]-23,517
-32,767
-13.90%
Andorra [+]-93
-129
-3.50%
United Arab Emirates [+]-11,149
-15,534
-6.13%
Afghanistan [+]-154
-215
-1.78%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]-157
-219
-17.84%
Albania [+]-569
-793
-6.59%
Armenia [+]-477
-665
-7.69%
Angola [+]-3,985
-5,552
-7.90%
Argentina [+]-4,395
-6,124
-1.83%
Austria [+]-15,352
-21,494
-5.30%
Australia [+]-32,777
-45,667
-4.57%
Azerbaijan [+]1,862
2,594
5.86%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]-675
-941
-5.35%
Barbados [+]-238
-332
-7.41%
Bangladesh [+]-2,361
-3,290
-2.68%
Belgium [+]-18,817
-26,217
-5.40%
Burkina Faso [+]-282
-393
-4.16%
Bulgaria [+]-1,661
-445
-4.40%
Bahrain [+]-920
-1,282
-5.59%
Burundi [+]-66
-91
-5.15%
Benin [+]-156
-218
-2.24%
Brunei [+]308
429
3.61%
Bolivia [+]2
2
0.01%
Brazil [+]-38,188
-53,207
-3.19%
Bahamas [+]-176
-245
-2.39%
Bhutan [+]-7
-10
-0.86%
Botswana [+]-1,047
-1,459
-13.78%
Belarus [+]-2,641
-3,679
-7.23%
Belize [+]-30
-42
-2.50%
Canada [+]-38,347
-53,427
-3.88%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]123
171
0.93%
Central African Republic [+]-8
-11
-0.54%
Republic of the Congo [+]332
462
4.76%
Switzerland [+]1,987
2,758
0.50%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]-242
-338
-1.00%
Chile [+]-5,251
-7,317
-4.27%
Cameroon [+]-8
-11
-0.04%
China [+]-63,949
-89,098
-1.75%
Colombia [+]-4,462
-6,216
-2.67%
Costa Rica [+]-759
-1,058
-3.44%
Cabo Verde [+]-71
-99
-5.80%
Cyprus [+]-1,015
-1,414
-5.40%
Czechia [+]-8,095
-11,232
-5.40%
Djibouti [+]-40
-55
-3.89%
Denmark [+]-6,379
-8,989
-2.70%
Dominica [+]-1
-1
-0.31%
Dominican Republic [+]-1,046
-1,458
-3.02%
Algeria [+]-7,045
-9,815
-7.15%
Ecuador [+]-1,602
-2,232
-3.57%
Estonia [+]-310
-432
-2.20%
Egypt [+]-8,819
-12,287
-6.20%
Eritrea [+]-196
-273
-21.05%
Ethiopia [+]-192
-267
-0.93%
Finland [+]-4,515
-6,289
-2.50%
Fiji [+]-64
-89
-2.87%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]4
5
1.86%
Gabon [+]592
825
6.77%
Grenada [+]-27
-37
-4.79%
Georgia [+]-506
-705
-6.37%
Ghana [+]-1,322
-1,842
-5.32%
The Gambia [+]-17
-24
-1.65%
Guinea [+]-237
-330
-4.89%
Equatorial Guinea [+]-701
-977
-6.48%
Guatemala [+]-851
-1,186
-3.12%
Guinea-Bissau [+]17
24
2.68%
Guyana [+]-51
-71
-2.75%
Hong Kong [+]2,724
3,795
1.74%
Honduras [+]-509
-710
-4.87%
Croatia [+]-3,206
-3,786
-7.00%
Haiti [+]-166
-232
-2.00%
Hungary [+]-4,494
-6,225
-4.70%
Indonesia [+]-6,815
-9,495
-1.64%
Israel [+]-9,916
-13,815
-6.52%
India [+]-93,431
-130,175
-9.53%
Iraq [+]-10,220
-14,239
-12.75%
Iran [+]-12,067
-16,812
-3.82%
Iceland [+]-808
-1,129
-8.60%
Jamaica [+]-989
-1,378
-11.13%
Jordan [+]-1,557
-2,169
-8.84%
Kenya [+]-950
-1,323
-3.12%
Kyrgyzstan [+]13
18
0.38%
Cambodia [+]-357
-497
-4.78%
Kiribati [+]-8
-12
-9.07%
Comoros [+]2
3
0.36%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]-12
-17
-2.23%
South Korea [+]1,688
2,353
0.25%
Kuwait [+]20,929
29,160
27.51%
Kazakhstan [+]-1,099
-1,531
-1.33%
Laos [+]-143
-199
-3.10%
Lebanon [+]-2,057
-2,867
-8.10%
Saint Lucia [+]-27
-37
-2.63%
Sri Lanka [+]-2,974
-4,143
-8.33%
Liberia [+]-17
-24
-1.40%
Lesotho [+]-86
-119
-6.16%
Lithuania [+]-2,453
-3,501
-9.10%
Luxembourg [+]-82
-116
-0.20%
Latvia [+]-1,806
-1,838
-9.50%
Libya [+]-2,383
-3,320
-5.46%
Morocco [+]-1,176
-1,638
-1.63%
Moldova [+]-249
-347
-6.38%
Montenegro [+]-201
-280
-6.71%
Madagascar [+]-156
-217
-2.26%
Marshall Islands [+]1
2
1.53%
North Macedonia [+]-177
-247
-2.63%
Mali [+]-273
-380
-3.72%
Myanmar [+]-738
-1,028
-3.33%
Mongolia [+]-171
-238
-5.20%
Mauritania [+]-122
-170
-3.59%
Malta [+]-196
-277
-3.10%
Mauritius [+]-226
-315
-3.36%
Maldives [+]-302
-420
-17.93%
Malawi [+]-186
-259
-2.97%
Mexico [+]-26,648
-37,127
-4.13%
Malaysia [+]-8,948
-12,467
-5.88%
Mozambique [+]-383
-533
-4.47%
Namibia [+]-26
-36
-0.41%
Niger [+]-206
-288
-3.93%
Nigeria [+]-11,371
-15,842
-5.33%
Nicaragua [+]-88
-122
-1.48%
Netherlands [+]-32,148
-44,983
-5.10%
Norway [+]28,497
39,552
10.20%
Nepal [+]-235
-328
-2.24%
Nauru [+]0
0
0.37%
New Zealand [+]-1,582
-2,203
-1.81%
Oman [+]-108
-151
-0.27%
Panama [+]-172
-239
-0.88%
Peru [+]-1,211
-1,687
-1.39%
Papua New Guinea [+]-457
-637
-5.48%
Philippines [+]-3,248
-4,525
-2.57%
Pakistan [+]-6,083
-8,476
-4.49%
Poland [+]-22,992
-31,894
-7.30%
State of Palestine [+]-445
-621
-7.68%
Palau [+]-1
-2
-0.88%
Paraguay [+]-62
-87
-0.39%
Qatar [+]10,214
14,231
16.14%
Romania [+]-11,933
-11,940
-9.50%
Serbia [+]-1,113
-1,550
-3.43%
Russia [+]-55,282
-77,023
-5.89%
Rwanda [+]11
15
0.26%
Saudi Arabia [+]-16,580
-23,100
-5.38%
Solomon Islands [+]3
4
0.55%
Seychelles [+]29
41
4.84%
Sudan [+]-1,493
-2,080
-3.80%
Sweden [+]-2,752
-3,651
-0.90%
Singapore [+]-137
-190
-0.09%
Slovenia [+]-2,108
-2,937
-5.80%
Slovakia [+]-5,223
-7,277
-8.10%
Sierra Leone [+]-41
-57
-2.34%
San Marino [+]-36
-50
-2.46%
Senegal [+]-424
-591
-3.66%
Suriname [+]60
84
2.03%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]-26
-36
-19.26%
El Salvador [+]-840
-1,170
-6.65%
Syria [+]-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]-77
-107
-2.92%
Chad [+]-615
-857
-9.20%
Togo [+]-89
-124
-2.72%
Thailand [+]-4,373
-6,093
-2.21%
Tajikistan [+]-11
-15
-0.31%
Timor-Leste [+]-90
-125
-17.17%
Turkmenistan [+]1,019
1,419
4.15%
Tunisia [+]-846
-1,179
-2.59%
Tonga [+]15
22
6.85%
Türkiye [+]-30,700
-37,885
-7.00%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]-760
-1,059
-4.88%
Tuvalu [+]-3
-4
-13.51%
Taiwan [+]-17,381
-24,216
-6.20%
Tanzania [+]-929
-1,294
-4.46%
Ukraine [+]-5,270
-7,343
-6.27%
Uganda [+]-279
-388
-1.61%
Uruguay [+]-346
-481
-1.40%
Uzbekistan [+]548
763
1.82%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]-15
-20
-2.85%
Venezuela [+]-27,543
-38,375
-8.69%
Viet Nam [+]-4,467
-6,224
-4.82%
Vanuatu [+]-4
-5
-0.85%
Samoa [+]-13
-18
-2.98%
Yemen [+]-1,842
-2,566
-10.21%
South Africa [+]-11,098
-15,462
-4.67%
Zambia [+]-226
-315
-2.06%
Zimbabwe [+]-151
-210
-2.18%

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.