Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2012-1,024,284
-1,316,821
-8.10%
United Kingdom [+]2012-171,668
-205,867
-8.10%
Germany [+]2012256
329
0%
France [+]2012-107,987
-133,758
-5.20%
Japan [+]2012-399,900
-514,113
-8.20%
Spain [+]2012-119,100
-153,115
-11.55%
Italy [+]2012-47,844
-61,508
-2.90%
Portugal [+]2012-10,400
-13,370
-6.20%
Greece [+]2012-17,311
-16,341
-9.20%
Ireland [+]2012-14,864
-19,108
-8.40%
Andorra [+]2012-41
-53
-1.66%
United Arab Emirates [+]201226,240
33,734
9.01%
Afghanistan [+]201229
37
0.18%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2012-10
-13
-1.11%
Albania [+]2012-330
-424
-3.44%
Armenia [+]2012-123
-159
-1.49%
Angola [+]20124,115
5,290
4.13%
Argentina [+]2012-13,608
-17,495
-3.02%
Austria [+]2012-6,976
-8,967
-2.20%
Australia [+]2012-42,853
-55,092
-3.51%
Azerbaijan [+]20122,009
2,583
3.71%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2012-359
-462
-2.69%
Barbados [+]2012-288
-370
-8.00%
Bangladesh [+]2012-3,176
-4,083
-2.56%
Belgium [+]2012-16,677
-21,440
-4.30%
Burkina Faso [+]2012-270
-347
-2.76%
Bulgaria [+]2012-341
-236
-0.80%
Bahrain [+]2012-1,434
-1,843
-5.99%
Burundi [+]2012-69
-89
-3.79%
Benin [+]2012-19
-24
-0.22%
Brunei [+]20122,339
3,007
15.79%
Bolivia [+]2012373
479
1.76%
Brazil [+]2012-48,292
-62,084
-2.52%
Bahamas [+]2012-263
-338
-3.25%
Bhutan [+]2012-32
-41
-2.33%
Botswana [+]201299
127
0.89%
Belarus [+]2012184
236
0.36%
Belize [+]2012-4
-5
-0.23%
Canada [+]2012-35,903
-46,157
-2.53%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2012400
514
1.75%
Central African Republic [+]20127
9
0.35%
Republic of the Congo [+]2012996
1,281
7.24%
Switzerland [+]20121,256
1,615
0.20%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2012-656
-843
-2.28%
Chile [+]20121,418
1,823
0.68%
Cameroon [+]2012-328
-421
-1.40%
China [+]2012-20,041
-25,765
-0.30%
Colombia [+]2012446
574
0.16%
Costa Rica [+]2012-1,639
-2,107
-4.46%
Cabo Verde [+]2012-139
-179
-10.29%
Cyprus [+]2012-1,120
-1,391
-5.70%
Czechia [+]2012-6,336
-8,139
-3.90%
Djibouti [+]2012-30
-39
-2.04%
Denmark [+]2012-8,144
-11,419
-3.20%
Dominica [+]2012-21
-27
-5.41%
Dominican Republic [+]2012-3,100
-3,985
-6.56%
Algeria [+]2012-7,132
-9,168
-4.39%
Ecuador [+]2012-2,033
-2,614
-2.97%
Estonia [+]2012-51
-66
-0.30%
Egypt [+]2012-21,695
-27,891
-10.01%
Eritrea [+]2012-98
-126
-5.59%
Ethiopia [+]2012-385
-495
-1.17%
Finland [+]2012-4,334
-5,582
-2.20%
Fiji [+]2012-23
-29
-0.68%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]20122
3
0.89%
Gabon [+]2012829
1,066
6.20%
Grenada [+]2012-34
-43
-5.41%
Georgia [+]2012-93
-120
-0.73%
Ghana [+]2012-3,683
-4,735
-8.33%
The Gambia [+]2012-31
-40
-2.82%
Guinea [+]20121,337
1,718
23.53%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2012-1,261
-1,621
-7.24%
Guatemala [+]2012-938
-1,206
-2.42%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2012-17
-22
-2.12%
Guyana [+]2012-103
-133
-3.27%
Hong Kong [+]20126,501
8,358
3.14%
Honduras [+]2012-502
-645
-3.48%
Croatia [+]2012-2,454
-3,117
-5.50%
Haiti [+]2012-289
-372
-2.71%
Hungary [+]2012-2,330
-2,994
-2.30%
Indonesia [+]2012-11,341
-14,580
-1.59%
Israel [+]2012-8,847
-11,374
-4.34%
India [+]2012-107,326
-137,979
-7.55%
Iraq [+]20126,943
8,926
4.09%
Iran [+]2012-1,893
-2,434
-0.58%
Iceland [+]2012-301
-387
-2.60%
Jamaica [+]2012-477
-614
-4.08%
Jordan [+]2012-3,530
-4,539
-14.33%
Kenya [+]2012-2,320
-2,983
-5.29%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2012-301
-387
-5.86%
Cambodia [+]2012-495
-636
-4.53%
Kiribati [+]2012-10
-12
-6.34%
Comoros [+]201216
20
1.96%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]201228
36
4.31%
South Korea [+]201216,937
21,774
1.70%
Kuwait [+]201244,047
56,626
32.53%
Kazakhstan [+]20127,169
9,216
4.43%
Laos [+]2012-186
-239
-2.34%
Lebanon [+]2012-2,888
-3,713
-8.43%
Saint Lucia [+]2012-95
-122
-7.55%
Sri Lanka [+]2012-2,978
-3,829
-5.44%
Liberia [+]2012-59
-76
-2.86%
Lesotho [+]201281
105
4.24%
Lithuania [+]2012-1,059
-1,349
-3.20%
Luxembourg [+]2012236
301
0.50%
Latvia [+]2012-312
49
-1.40%
Libya [+]201217,717
22,777
24.61%
Morocco [+]2012-5,486
-7,053
-6.63%
Moldova [+]2012-131
-168
-1.93%
Montenegro [+]2012-186
-239
-5.84%
Madagascar [+]2012-202
-259
-2.24%
Marshall Islands [+]2012-1
-1
-0.76%
North Macedonia [+]2012-289
-371
-3.81%
Mali [+]2012-93
-119
-0.96%
Myanmar [+]2012-1,203
-1,546
-2.62%
Mongolia [+]2012-596
-767
-6.24%
Mauritania [+]201287
112
1.67%
Malta [+]2012-247
-321
-3.40%
Mauritius [+]2012-164
-211
-1.75%
Maldives [+]2012-155
-199
-6.91%
Malawi [+]2012-95
-122
-1.45%
Mexico [+]2012-34,814
-44,757
-3.73%
Malaysia [+]2012-7,703
-9,903
-3.10%
Mozambique [+]2012-448
-576
-3.52%
Namibia [+]2012-314
-404
-3.10%
Niger [+]2012-61
-78
-0.83%
Nigeria [+]2012-461
-593
-0.13%
Nicaragua [+]2012-12
-16
-0.15%
Netherlands [+]2012-25,256
-33,684
-3.80%
Norway [+]201254,591
70,146
13.70%
Nepal [+]2012-197
-253
-1.17%
Nauru [+]20126
8
8.41%
New Zealand [+]2012-3,026
-3,891
-2.22%
Oman [+]20122,769
3,560
4.07%
Panama [+]2012-442
-568
-1.41%
Peru [+]20123,078
3,958
2.05%
Papua New Guinea [+]2012-197
-253
-1.19%
Philippines [+]2012-599
-770
-0.29%
Pakistan [+]2012-15,063
-19,365
-7.67%
Poland [+]2012-14,706
-18,898
-3.80%
State of Palestine [+]2012-595
-765
-6.27%
Palau [+]20122
2
1.02%
Paraguay [+]2012-313
-402
-1.21%
Qatar [+]201215,296
19,665
10.53%
Romania [+]2012-5,353
-4,462
-3.80%
Serbia [+]2012-2,142
-2,754
-6.36%
Russia [+]20126,518
8,379
0.38%
Rwanda [+]2012-142
-182
-2.38%
Saudi Arabia [+]201268,313
87,824
11.93%
Solomon Islands [+]201230
39
3.29%
Seychelles [+]201224
31
2.89%
Sudan [+]2012-2,794
-3,592
-7.34%
Sweden [+]2012-5,048
-6,152
-1.20%
Singapore [+]201216,963
21,807
7.34%
Slovenia [+]2012-1,448
-1,862
-4.00%
Slovakia [+]2012-3,205
-4,120
-4.40%
Sierra Leone [+]2012-153
-196
-5.16%
San Marino [+]2012-88
-113
-7.08%
Senegal [+]2012-575
-739
-4.19%
Suriname [+]2012-82
-105
-1.97%
South Sudan [+]2012-1,298
-1,669
-14.81%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2012-22
-28
-11.22%
El Salvador [+]2012-633
-814
-3.81%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2012129
165
3.30%
Chad [+]201246
59
0.47%
Togo [+]2012-195
-251
-4.80%
Thailand [+]2012-2,537
-3,261
-0.86%
Tajikistan [+]201235
45
0.59%
Timor-Leste [+]2012-349
-449
-38.69%
Turkmenistan [+]20122,060
2,648
5.31%
Tunisia [+]2012-1,803
-2,318
-4.90%
Tonga [+]2012-6
-8
-1.58%
Türkiye [+]2012-12,442
-15,996
-1.82%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2012-266
-342
-1.33%
Tuvalu [+]20123
4
9.58%
Taiwan [+]2012-16,629
-21,379
-4.31%
Tanzania [+]2012-1,233
-1,585
-4.00%
Ukraine [+]2012-5,887
-7,568
-4.31%
Uganda [+]2012-574
-738
-2.39%
Uruguay [+]2012-943
-1,212
-2.18%
Uzbekistan [+]20123,091
3,974
5.89%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2012-10
-13
-1.81%
Venezuela [+]2012-36,243
-46,594
-9.85%
Viet Nam [+]2012-8,292
-10,661
-5.46%
Vanuatu [+]2012-10
-13
-1.70%
Samoa [+]2012-45
-57
-7.43%
Yemen [+]2012-1,739
-2,236
-6.32%
South Africa [+]2012-13,644
-17,541
-4.04%
Zambia [+]2012-562
-722
-2.83%
Zimbabwe [+]20123
4
0.02%

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.