Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2010-1,245,694
-1,652,787
-10.98%
United Kingdom [+]2010-172,817
-229,293
-9.20%
Germany [+]2010-112,286
-148,981
-4.40%
France [+]2010-142,761
-182,314
-7.20%
Japan [+]2010-393,942
-522,682
-9.08%
Spain [+]2010-102,193
-135,590
-9.53%
Italy [+]2010-68,314
-90,639
-4.20%
Portugal [+]2010-20,473
-27,164
-11.40%
Greece [+]2010-25,544
-33,580
-11.40%
Ireland [+]2010-53,764
-71,335
-32.10%
Andorra [+]2010-9
-12
-0.35%
United Arab Emirates [+]20101,203
1,596
0.55%
Afghanistan [+]2010106
141
0.92%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2010-3
-3
-0.28%
Albania [+]2010-317
-420
-3.52%
Armenia [+]2010-348
-461
-4.98%
Angola [+]20102,144
2,845
3.40%
Argentina [+]2010-4,461
-5,918
-1.39%
Austria [+]2010-13,142
-17,483
-4.40%
Australia [+]2010-48,374
-64,183
-5.12%
Azerbaijan [+]20105,516
7,318
13.83%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2010-525
-697
-4.06%
Barbados [+]2010-292
-388
-8.50%
Bangladesh [+]2010-2,324
-3,084
-2.23%
Belgium [+]2010-14,844
-19,695
-4.10%
Burkina Faso [+]2010-309
-411
-4.06%
Bulgaria [+]2010-1,403
-1,911
-3.70%
Bahrain [+]2010-1,876
-2,489
-9.68%
Burundi [+]2010-56
-74
-3.64%
Benin [+]2010-20
-26
-0.28%
Brunei [+]2010787
1,044
7.61%
Bolivia [+]2010248
330
1.67%
Brazil [+]2010-63,652
-84,453
-3.82%
Bahamas [+]2010-194
-258
-2.57%
Bhutan [+]201022
29
2.10%
Botswana [+]2010-796
-1,056
-7.95%
Belarus [+]2010-1,806
-2,397
-4.19%
Belize [+]2010-25
-34
-1.92%
Canada [+]2010-57,750
-76,623
-4.74%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2010-163
-216
-1.00%
Central African Republic [+]2010-22
-29
-1.35%
Republic of the Congo [+]20101,539
2,042
15.52%
Switzerland [+]20101,601
2,119
0.40%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2010-347
-460
-1.34%
Chile [+]2010-594
-787
-0.36%
Cameroon [+]2010-193
-257
-0.93%
China [+]2010-16,462
-21,841
-0.36%
Colombia [+]2010-7,132
-9,462
-3.30%
Costa Rica [+]2010-1,479
-1,962
-5.21%
Cabo Verde [+]2010-132
-175
-10.52%
Cyprus [+]2010-912
-1,210
-4.70%
Czechia [+]2010-6,557
-8,681
-4.20%
Djibouti [+]2010-12
-16
-1.05%
Denmark [+]2010-6,136
-8,727
-2.50%
Dominica [+]2010-13
-17
-3.38%
Dominican Republic [+]2010-1,109
-1,471
-2.73%
Algeria [+]2010-1,805
-2,395
-1.49%
Ecuador [+]2010-711
-944
-1.36%
Estonia [+]201028
37
0.20%
Egypt [+]2010-12,910
-17,130
-7.45%
Eritrea [+]2010-212
-281
-17.69%
Ethiopia [+]2010-268
-355
-1.32%
Finland [+]2010-4,767
-6,325
-2.50%
Fiji [+]2010-32
-43
-1.30%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]20101
1
0.46%
Gabon [+]2010292
388
2.70%
Grenada [+]2010-18
-24
-3.18%
Georgia [+]2010-419
-557
-4.54%
Ghana [+]2010-2,440
-3,237
-7.47%
The Gambia [+]2010-34
-45
-2.93%
Guinea [+]2010-499
-663
-9.66%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2010-557
-740
-4.53%
Guatemala [+]2010-1,025
-1,360
-3.28%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2010-2
-2
-0.23%
Guyana [+]2010-47
-62
-2.14%
Hong Kong [+]20107,288
9,669
4.14%
Honduras [+]2010-402
-534
-3.37%
Croatia [+]2010-3,054
-3,867
-6.70%
Haiti [+]2010-134
-177
-1.50%
Hungary [+]2010-4,417
-5,851
-4.40%
Indonesia [+]2010-7,071
-9,382
-1.24%
Israel [+]2010-6,682
-8,866
-3.72%
India [+]2010-111,071
-147,369
-8.63%
Iraq [+]2010-4,363
-5,789
-4.18%
Iran [+]2010-3,797
-5,038
-0.97%
Iceland [+]2010-692
-916
-6.70%
Jamaica [+]2010-640
-849
-6.33%
Jordan [+]2010-1,598
-2,120
-7.81%
Kenya [+]2010-1,257
-1,668
-3.67%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2010-215
-285
-5.95%
Cambodia [+]2010-321
-426
-3.80%
Kiribati [+]2010-10
-13
-8.31%
Comoros [+]201029
38
4.20%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2010-37
-49
-6.34%
South Korea [+]201014,441
19,160
1.68%
Kuwait [+]201022,581
29,961
25.96%
Kazakhstan [+]20101,640
2,176
1.47%
Laos [+]2010-83
-110
-1.47%
Lebanon [+]2010-2,163
-2,870
-7.47%
Saint Lucia [+]2010-47
-62
-4.11%
Sri Lanka [+]2010-2,974
-3,945
-6.73%
Liberia [+]201017
23
1.16%
Lesotho [+]2010-60
-80
-3.39%
Lithuania [+]2010-1,935
-2,566
-6.90%
Luxembourg [+]2010-135
-145
-0.30%
Latvia [+]2010-1,545
-1,542
-8.60%
Libya [+]20106,516
8,645
11.47%
Morocco [+]2010-2,990
-3,967
-3.93%
Moldova [+]2010-115
-152
-2.18%
Montenegro [+]2010-152
-202
-4.87%
Madagascar [+]2010-57
-76
-0.76%
Marshall Islands [+]20105
6
3.53%
North Macedonia [+]2010-171
-227
-2.41%
Mali [+]2010-207
-275
-2.57%
Myanmar [+]2010-1,432
-1,900
-4.99%
Mongolia [+]201023
31
0.43%
Mauritania [+]2010-19
-25
-0.45%
Malta [+]2010-152
-210
-2.20%
Mauritius [+]2010-234
-311
-3.00%
Maldives [+]2010-265
-351
-13.58%
Malawi [+]201046
61
0.63%
Mexico [+]2010-31,691
-42,048
-3.98%
Malaysia [+]2010-8,426
-11,180
-4.32%
Mozambique [+]2010-293
-388
-3.50%
Namibia [+]2010-423
-562
-4.98%
Niger [+]2010-58
-77
-0.99%
Nigeria [+]2010-11,603
-15,395
-4.17%
Nicaragua [+]2010-9
-11
-0.13%
Netherlands [+]2010-33,932
-45,105
-5.30%
Norway [+]201035,386
46,862
10.90%
Nepal [+]2010-92
-123
-0.67%
Nauru [+]20100
0
0.09%
New Zealand [+]2010-6,058
-8,038
-5.53%
Oman [+]20102,423
3,215
4.95%
Panama [+]2010-380
-504
-1.71%
Peru [+]2010137
182
0.12%
Papua New Guinea [+]2010329
437
3.06%
Philippines [+]2010-3,539
-4,696
-2.25%
Pakistan [+]2010-8,029
-10,652
-5.34%
Poland [+]2010-26,805
-35,512
-7.50%
State of Palestine [+]2010-160
-212
-2.19%
Palau [+]2010-2
-2
-0.99%
Paraguay [+]2010109
144
0.53%
Qatar [+]20106,393
8,482
7.09%
Romania [+]2010-9,106
-10,712
-7.10%
Serbia [+]2010-1,087
-1,442
-3.49%
Russia [+]2010-39,312
-52,160
-3.19%
Rwanda [+]2010-29
-39
-0.64%
Saudi Arabia [+]201017,483
23,197
4.39%
Solomon Islands [+]201026
34
4.07%
Seychelles [+]20104
5
0.52%
Sudan [+]201055
73
0.11%
Sweden [+]2010-539
-447
-0.10%
Singapore [+]201010,545
13,991
5.68%
Slovenia [+]2010-2,036
-2,701
-5.60%
Slovakia [+]2010-5,139
-6,818
-7.50%
Sierra Leone [+]2010-97
-129
-5.00%
San Marino [+]2010-32
-42
-2.24%
Senegal [+]2010-479
-635
-3.94%
Suriname [+]2010-5
-7
-0.15%
South Sudan [+]201020
26
0.18%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2010-17
-23
-11.71%
El Salvador [+]2010-690
-916
-4.97%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2010-309
-410
-9.07%
Chad [+]2010-335
-444
-4.15%
Togo [+]2010-59
-79
-1.71%
Thailand [+]2010-2,701
-3,584
-1.07%
Tajikistan [+]2010-127
-168
-2.98%
Timor-Leste [+]2010-132
-175
-19.79%
Turkmenistan [+]2010342
453
1.30%
Tunisia [+]2010-159
-211
-0.46%
Tonga [+]2010-4
-5
-1.22%
Türkiye [+]2010-14,364
-26,415
-2.60%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]201022
29
0.14%
Tuvalu [+]2010-6
-7
-23.36%
Taiwan [+]2010-17,051
-22,624
-5.09%
Tanzania [+]2010-1,127
-1,496
-4.74%
Ukraine [+]2010-5,917
-7,851
-5.77%
Uganda [+]2010-864
-1,146
-4.65%
Uruguay [+]2010-128
-170
-0.39%
Uzbekistan [+]2010961
1,275
2.56%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2010-20
-27
-3.70%
Venezuela [+]2010-23,989
-31,828
-4.74%
Viet Nam [+]2010-2,430
-3,224
-2.25%
Vanuatu [+]2010-13
-17
-2.63%
Samoa [+]2010-28
-37
-5.49%
Yemen [+]2010-945
-1,254
-4.06%
South Africa [+]2010-14,218
-18,864
-4.52%
Zambia [+]2010-371
-493
-2.43%
Zimbabwe [+]201015
20
0.16%

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.