Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2013-576,712
-765,953
-4.55%
United Kingdom [+]2013-115,353
-153,378
-5.50%
Germany [+]20131,124
1,493
0%
France [+]2013-104,712
-114,841
-4.90%
Japan [+]2013-298,711
-396,730
-7.61%
Spain [+]2013-76,838
-102,051
-7.53%
Italy [+]2013-46,032
-61,137
-2.90%
Portugal [+]2013-8,703
-11,559
-5.10%
Greece [+]2013-24,218
-9,023
-13.50%
Ireland [+]2013-11,500
-15,243
-6.30%
Andorra [+]201381
108
3.36%
United Arab Emirates [+]201324,658
32,749
8.40%
Afghanistan [+]2013-96
-127
-0.63%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2013-38
-51
-4.30%
Albania [+]2013-502
-667
-5.22%
Armenia [+]2013-133
-177
-1.59%
Angola [+]2013-313
-415
-0.30%
Argentina [+]2013-14,981
-19,896
-3.25%
Austria [+]2013-6,317
-8,390
-2.00%
Australia [+]2013-32,154
-42,705
-2.81%
Azerbaijan [+]2013917
1,219
1.64%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2013-175
-233
-1.28%
Barbados [+]2013-361
-480
-10.24%
Bangladesh [+]2013-3,865
-5,133
-2.86%
Belgium [+]2013-12,295
-16,328
-3.10%
Burkina Faso [+]2013-359
-477
-3.55%
Bulgaria [+]2013-306
-978
-0.70%
Bahrain [+]2013-2,177
-2,891
-8.88%
Burundi [+]2013-35
-47
-1.90%
Benin [+]2013-129
-171
-1.37%
Brunei [+]20131,775
2,357
13.03%
Bolivia [+]2013153
203
0.66%
Brazil [+]2013-54,994
-73,040
-2.96%
Bahamas [+]2013-334
-443
-4.16%
Bhutan [+]2013-68
-91
-5.03%
Botswana [+]2013652
866
5.84%
Belarus [+]2013-559
-742
-0.98%
Belize [+]2013-18
-24
-1.21%
Canada [+]2013-20,782
-27,601
-1.50%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2013461
613
1.87%
Central African Republic [+]2013-76
-100
-5.94%
Republic of the Congo [+]2013-385
-512
-2.85%
Switzerland [+]2013-2,300
-3,055
-0.40%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2013-528
-701
-1.62%
Chile [+]2013-982
-1,304
-0.47%
Cameroon [+]2013-903
-1,199
-3.56%
China [+]2013-60,596
-80,479
-0.84%
Colombia [+]2013-2,937
-3,900
-1.02%
Costa Rica [+]2013-2,087
-2,772
-5.44%
Cabo Verde [+]2013-130
-172
-9.31%
Cyprus [+]2013-1,008
-1,237
-5.60%
Czechia [+]2013-2,047
-2,718
-1.30%
Djibouti [+]2013-65
-87
-4.25%
Denmark [+]2013-2,449
-4,245
-0.90%
Dominica [+]2013-11
-15
-2.88%
Dominican Republic [+]2013-1,641
-2,179
-3.47%
Algeria [+]2013-1,363
-1,811
-0.86%
Ecuador [+]2013-5,578
-7,408
-7.79%
Estonia [+]201334
45
0.20%
Egypt [+]2013-28,032
-37,230
-12.93%
Eritrea [+]2013-118
-157
-8.02%
Ethiopia [+]2013-677
-899
-1.93%
Finland [+]2013-5,159
-6,852
-2.50%
Fiji [+]2013-2
-3
-0.08%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]20137
9
2.86%
Gabon [+]2013-407
-540
-3.07%
Grenada [+]2013-43
-57
-6.76%
Georgia [+]2013-165
-219
-1.27%
Ghana [+]2013-4,373
-5,808
-9.12%
The Gambia [+]2013-52
-70
-5.07%
Guinea [+]2013-244
-324
-3.87%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2013-728
-966
-4.40%
Guatemala [+]2013-863
-1,147
-2.16%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2013-14
-19
-1.67%
Guyana [+]2013-73
-97
-2.33%
Hong Kong [+]20132,117
2,811
1.01%
Honduras [+]2013-798
-1,060
-5.73%
Croatia [+]2013-2,462
-3,232
-5.50%
Haiti [+]2013-446
-593
-3.98%
Hungary [+]2013-2,656
-3,524
-2.60%
Indonesia [+]2013-15,300
-20,320
-2.22%
Israel [+]2013-9,182
-12,195
-4.10%
India [+]2013-97,854
-129,963
-7.00%
Iraq [+]2013-10,710
-14,224
-6.06%
Iran [+]2013-2,679
-3,558
-0.83%
Iceland [+]2013-151
-201
-1.20%
Jamaica [+]201313
17
0.12%
Jordan [+]2013-2,616
-3,474
-10.07%
Kenya [+]2013-2,437
-3,237
-5.25%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2013-204
-271
-3.70%
Cambodia [+]2013-300
-398
-2.62%
Kiribati [+]201318
23
12.42%
Comoros [+]201388
117
10.49%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]201372
95
10.93%
South Korea [+]20138,528
11,326
0.83%
Kuwait [+]201344,366
58,924
33.83%
Kazakhstan [+]20138,812
11,703
4.95%
Laos [+]2013-363
-483
-4.03%
Lebanon [+]2013-3,114
-4,136
-8.82%
Saint Lucia [+]2013-61
-80
-4.78%
Sri Lanka [+]2013-2,899
-3,850
-5.01%
Liberia [+]201329
39
1.29%
Lesotho [+]2013-55
-73
-3.11%
Lithuania [+]2013-920
-1,217
-2.60%
Luxembourg [+]2013414
549
0.80%
Latvia [+]2013-278
-170
-1.20%
Libya [+]2013-9,247
-12,281
-16.30%
Morocco [+]2013-4,093
-5,436
-4.70%
Moldova [+]2013-112
-149
-1.57%
Montenegro [+]2013-151
-201
-4.49%
Madagascar [+]2013-318
-423
-3.40%
Marshall Islands [+]20131
1
-0.23%
North Macedonia [+]2013-313
-415
-3.84%
Mali [+]2013-237
-314
-2.37%
Myanmar [+]2013-779
-1,034
-1.70%
Mongolia [+]2013-88
-117
-0.93%
Mauritania [+]2013-37
-49
-0.66%
Malta [+]2013-178
-247
-2.20%
Mauritius [+]2013-314
-418
-3.36%
Maldives [+]2013-86
-115
-3.49%
Malawi [+]2013-215
-285
-3.73%
Mexico [+]2013-35,572
-47,244
-3.71%
Malaysia [+]2013-8,592
-11,411
-3.48%
Mozambique [+]2013-319
-424
-2.50%
Namibia [+]2013-430
-571
-4.69%
Niger [+]2013-148
-197
-1.93%
Nigeria [+]2013-10,322
-13,709
-2.66%
Nicaragua [+]2013-60
-79
-0.72%
Netherlands [+]2013-19,042
-26,296
-2.90%
Norway [+]201341,994
55,802
10.60%
Nepal [+]2013263
349
1.57%
Nauru [+]20132
2
1.64%
New Zealand [+]2013-1,882
-2,500
-1.34%
Oman [+]20131,882
2,499
2.78%
Panama [+]2013-764
-1,015
-2.23%
Peru [+]20131,119
1,486
0.73%
Papua New Guinea [+]2013-1,100
-1,460
-6.87%
Philippines [+]2013401
532
0.19%
Pakistan [+]2013-14,570
-19,351
-7.44%
Poland [+]2013-16,576
-22,013
-4.30%
State of Palestine [+]2013-156
-207
-1.53%
Palau [+]20132
2
0.75%
Paraguay [+]2013-311
-413
-1.07%
Qatar [+]201332,259
42,845
21.56%
Romania [+]2013-3,258
-4,931
-2.30%
Serbia [+]2013-1,819
-2,416
-4.99%
Russia [+]2013-20,025
-26,596
-1.16%
Rwanda [+]2013-75
-99
-1.27%
Saudi Arabia [+]201331,698
42,100
5.64%
Solomon Islands [+]201335
47
3.64%
Seychelles [+]20134
5
0.37%
Sudan [+]2013-2,291
-3,043
-5.75%
Sweden [+]2013-7,109
-8,583
-1.60%
Singapore [+]201313,927
18,498
5.96%
Slovenia [+]2013-5,315
-7,059
-14.60%
Slovakia [+]2013-2,144
-2,848
-2.90%
Sierra Leone [+]2013-88
-117
-2.39%
San Marino [+]2013-98
-130
-7.74%
Senegal [+]2013-618
-820
-4.34%
Somalia [+]2013-5
-7
-0.15%
Suriname [+]2013-138
-184
-3.33%
South Sudan [+]2013-391
-519
-3.47%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]20134
6
1.90%
El Salvador [+]2013-738
-980
-4.46%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]201320
26
0.56%
Chad [+]2013-202
-268
-2.07%
Togo [+]2013-230
-306
-5.25%
Thailand [+]20131,626
2,160
0.52%
Tajikistan [+]2013-58
-77
-0.90%
Timor-Leste [+]2013-151
-201
-14.37%
Turkmenistan [+]2013451
600
1.17%
Tunisia [+]2013-2,583
-3,431
-7.05%
Tonga [+]2013-4
-6
-1.30%
Türkiye [+]2013-10,513
-13,963
-1.46%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2013-574
-762
-2.83%
Tuvalu [+]20137
10
26.05%
Taiwan [+]2013-12,522
-16,632
-3.24%
Tanzania [+]2013-1,293
-1,717
-3.76%
Ukraine [+]2013-6,469
-8,591
-4.78%
Uganda [+]2013-777
-1,032
-3.19%
Uruguay [+]2013-808
-1,074
-1.73%
Uzbekistan [+]20131,186
1,575
2.15%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2013-33
-44
-5.82%
Venezuela [+]2013-26,591
-35,316
-10.35%
Viet Nam [+]2013-9,553
-12,687
-5.96%
Vanuatu [+]2013-1
-2
-0.25%
Samoa [+]2013-23
-31
-3.82%
Yemen [+]2013-2,099
-2,787
-6.90%
South Africa [+]2013-11,787
-15,655
-3.91%
Zambia [+]2013-1,311
-1,741
-6.21%
Zimbabwe [+]2013-190
-253
-1.32%

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.