Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2011-1,087,606
-1,513,632
-9.70%
United Kingdom [+]2011-143,042
-198,970
-7.50%
Germany [+]2011-23,741
-33,041
-0.90%
France [+]2011-109,385
-147,666
-5.30%
Japan [+]2011-402,441
-560,081
-8.99%
Spain [+]2011-103,606
-144,190
-9.74%
Italy [+]2011-59,240
-82,445
-3.60%
Portugal [+]2011-13,495
-18,781
-7.70%
Greece [+]2011-21,364
-29,616
-10.50%
Ireland [+]2011-23,320
-32,456
-13.50%
Andorra [+]201111
15
0.41%
United Arab Emirates [+]201113,394
18,640
5.32%
Afghanistan [+]2011-86
-120
-0.67%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2011-28
-40
-3.50%
Albania [+]2011-326
-454
-3.52%
Armenia [+]2011-210
-292
-2.88%
Angola [+]20116,491
9,034
8.08%
Argentina [+]2011-10,410
-14,487
-2.75%
Austria [+]2011-7,919
-11,123
-2.60%
Australia [+]2011-49,286
-68,592
-4.53%
Azerbaijan [+]20115,149
7,166
10.86%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2011-365
-508
-2.73%
Barbados [+]2011-138
-193
-4.14%
Bangladesh [+]2011-3,283
-4,568
-2.97%
Belgium [+]2011-16,280
-22,656
-4.30%
Burkina Faso [+]2011-177
-246
-2.04%
Bulgaria [+]2011-725
-1,058
-1.70%
Bahrain [+]2011-1,053
-1,465
-5.10%
Burundi [+]2011-56
-78
-3.49%
Benin [+]2011-75
-105
-0.98%
Brunei [+]20113,412
4,748
25.63%
Bolivia [+]2011144
201
0.83%
Brazil [+]2011-46,336
-64,487
-2.47%
Bahamas [+]2011-208
-289
-2.87%
Bhutan [+]2011-41
-57
-3.35%
Botswana [+]2011-13
-18
-0.12%
Belarus [+]2011-1,237
-1,722
-2.81%
Belize [+]2011-14
-20
-1.07%
Canada [+]2011-42,636
-59,336
-3.31%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2011-183
-255
-0.99%
Central African Republic [+]2011-37
-52
-2.14%
Republic of the Congo [+]20111,807
2,515
16.07%
Switzerland [+]20113,525
4,893
0.70%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2011-738
-1,026
-2.89%
Chile [+]20112,576
3,584
1.43%
Cameroon [+]2011-497
-692
-2.26%
China [+]2011-5,281
-7,350
-0.10%
Colombia [+]2011-4,797
-6,676
-1.99%
Costa Rica [+]2011-1,269
-1,766
-4.13%
Cabo Verde [+]2011-103
-143
-7.65%
Cyprus [+]2011-1,122
-1,561
-5.70%
Czechia [+]2011-4,461
-6,199
-2.70%
Djibouti [+]2011-15
-21
-1.19%
Denmark [+]2011-4,380
-7,072
-1.80%
Dominica [+]2011-16
-22
-4.40%
Dominican Republic [+]2011-1,273
-1,772
-3.05%
Algeria [+]2011-1,660
-2,311
-1.16%
Ecuador [+]2011-72
-100
-0.13%
Estonia [+]2011181
252
1.10%
Egypt [+]2011-17,088
-23,782
-9.60%
Eritrea [+]2011-89
-124
-6.00%
Ethiopia [+]2011-352
-490
-1.61%
Finland [+]2011-2,018
-2,808
-1.00%
Fiji [+]2011-20
-28
-0.72%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]2011-1
-2
-0.58%
Gabon [+]2011228
317
1.74%
Grenada [+]2011-26
-37
-4.71%
Georgia [+]2011-90
-125
-0.83%
Ghana [+]2011-2,118
-2,947
-5.47%
The Gambia [+]2011-31
-43
-3.01%
Guinea [+]2011-41
-56
-0.94%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2011128
178
0.84%
Guatemala [+]2011-955
-1,330
-2.80%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2011-11
-16
-1.35%
Guyana [+]2011-56
-78
-2.34%
Hong Kong [+]20116,802
9,466
3.77%
Honduras [+]2011-374
-521
-2.94%
Croatia [+]2011-3,476
-4,975
-7.60%
Haiti [+]2011-134
-186
-1.43%
Hungary [+]2011-5,324
-7,397
-5.20%
Indonesia [+]2011-4,508
-6,274
-0.70%
Israel [+]2011-6,425
-8,942
-3.35%
India [+]2011-109,369
-152,209
-8.35%
Iraq [+]20116,332
8,813
4.74%
Iran [+]2011-3,410
-4,745
-0.76%
Iceland [+]2011-714
-994
-6.50%
Jamaica [+]2011-674
-938
-6.40%
Jordan [+]2011-2,083
-2,899
-9.82%
Kenya [+]2011-1,217
-1,694
-3.64%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2011-210
-292
-4.71%
Cambodia [+]2011-432
-602
-4.70%
Kiribati [+]2011-25
-35
-19.44%
Comoros [+]20116
9
0.86%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]201110
13
1.60%
South Korea [+]201116,163
22,494
1.80%
Kuwait [+]201136,831
51,258
33.28%
Kazakhstan [+]20118,043
11,194
5.81%
Laos [+]2011-92
-128
-1.43%
Lebanon [+]2011-1,706
-2,374
-5.95%
Saint Lucia [+]2011-61
-84
-5.35%
Sri Lanka [+]2011-2,924
-4,070
-6.01%
Liberia [+]2011-75
-104
-4.39%
Lesotho [+]2011-185
-257
-9.99%
Lithuania [+]2011-2,802
-3,893
-8.90%
Luxembourg [+]2011292
401
0.70%
Latvia [+]2011-846
-908
-4.30%
Libya [+]2011-3,963
-5,516
-11.45%
Morocco [+]2011-4,789
-6,665
-6.08%
Moldova [+]2011-124
-172
-2.05%
Montenegro [+]2011-220
-306
-6.73%
Madagascar [+]2011-170
-236
-2.04%
Marshall Islands [+]20113
4
2.14%
North Macedonia [+]2011-187
-260
-2.47%
Mali [+]2011-319
-444
-3.42%
Myanmar [+]2011-1,723
-2,397
-4.45%
Mongolia [+]2011-300
-418
-4.01%
Mauritania [+]20114
5
0.07%
Malta [+]2011-210
-230
-3.00%
Mauritius [+]2011-259
-360
-3.04%
Maldives [+]2011-154
-214
-8.13%
Malawi [+]2011-230
-320
-2.85%
Mexico [+]2011-28,296
-39,379
-3.34%
Malaysia [+]2011-7,758
-10,797
-3.57%
Mozambique [+]2011-455
-634
-4.41%
Namibia [+]2011-633
-880
-7.09%
Niger [+]2011-138
-192
-2.19%
Nigeria [+]20111,285
1,789
0.43%
Nicaragua [+]2011-4
-6
-0.06%
Netherlands [+]2011-28,995
-40,343
-4.40%
Norway [+]201147,856
66,545
13.30%
Nepal [+]2011-112
-155
-0.72%
Nauru [+]20111
2
2.72%
New Zealand [+]2011-5,963
-8,299
-4.97%
Oman [+]20114,588
6,385
8.24%
Panama [+]2011-465
-647
-1.86%
Peru [+]20112,472
3,440
2.01%
Papua New Guinea [+]2011286
399
2.22%
Philippines [+]2011-512
-712
-0.30%
Pakistan [+]2011-10,328
-14,374
-5.98%
Poland [+]2011-18,869
-26,242
-5.00%
State of Palestine [+]2011-503
-700
-6.26%
Palau [+]20112
3
1.30%
Paraguay [+]2011351
488
1.45%
Qatar [+]20118,833
12,293
7.33%
Romania [+]2011-7,706
-7,979
-5.60%
Serbia [+]2011-1,383
-1,924
-3.91%
Russia [+]201121,056
29,304
1.43%
Rwanda [+]2011-43
-59
-0.86%
Saudi Arabia [+]201155,726
77,555
11.55%
Solomon Islands [+]201156
78
7.47%
Seychelles [+]201125
35
3.43%
Sudan [+]2011-1,110
-1,544
-2.32%
Sweden [+]2011-1,570
-1,938
-0.40%
Singapore [+]201116,193
22,537
7.96%
Slovenia [+]2011-2,457
-3,419
-6.60%
Slovakia [+]2011-3,089
-4,299
-4.30%
Sierra Leone [+]2011-96
-134
-4.54%
San Marino [+]2011-53
-74
-4.05%
Senegal [+]2011-630
-877
-4.92%
Suriname [+]201179
110
2.32%
South Sudan [+]2011569
793
4.61%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2011-21
-29
-12.52%
El Salvador [+]2011-652
-907
-4.47%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2011-135
-188
-3.76%
Chad [+]2011209
291
2.39%
Togo [+]2011-174
-243
-4.65%
Thailand [+]2011252
351
0.09%
Tajikistan [+]201141
57
0.87%
Timor-Leste [+]2011-190
-265
-25.38%
Turkmenistan [+]2011766
1,066
2.42%
Tunisia [+]2011-1,104
-1,536
-3.19%
Tonga [+]2011-18
-25
-6.02%
Türkiye [+]2011-4,107
-5,716
-0.68%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2011-124
-172
-0.69%
Tuvalu [+]2011-2
-3
-8.81%
Taiwan [+]2011-14,028
-19,523
-4.03%
Tanzania [+]2011-860
-1,196
-3.51%
Ukraine [+]2011-3,238
-4,506
-2.76%
Uganda [+]2011-404
-562
-2.04%
Uruguay [+]2011-126
-175
-0.34%
Uzbekistan [+]20112,211
3,077
5.11%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2011-18
-25
-3.50%
Venezuela [+]2011-16,243
-22,606
-8.24%
Viet Nam [+]2011-1,109
-1,543
-0.90%
Vanuatu [+]2011-12
-16
-2.19%
Samoa [+]2011-28
-39
-5.25%
Yemen [+]2011-1,060
-1,475
-4.51%
South Africa [+]2011-12,212
-16,995
-3.71%
Zambia [+]2011-301
-418
-1.78%
Zimbabwe [+]2011-256
-356
-2.53%

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.