Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2014-534,782
-710,641
-4.05%
United Kingdom [+]2014-127,845
-169,799
-5.50%
Germany [+]201416,966
22,545
0.60%
France [+]2014-98,504
-111,544
-4.60%
Japan [+]2014-206,960
-275,018
-5.62%
Spain [+]2014-63,097
-83,846
-6.11%
Italy [+]2014-48,080
-63,891
-3.00%
Portugal [+]2014-12,730
-16,807
-7.40%
Greece [+]2014-6,642
-9,756
-3.70%
Ireland [+]2014-7,056
-9,363
-3.50%
Andorra [+]201453
70
2.15%
United Arab Emirates [+]20145,882
7,816
1.94%
Afghanistan [+]2014-267
-354
-1.72%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2014-27
-36
-2.87%
Albania [+]2014-544
-723
-5.46%
Armenia [+]2014-170
-226
-1.94%
Angola [+]2014-6,273
-8,335
-5.72%
Argentina [+]2014-18,036
-23,967
-4.25%
Austria [+]2014-9,092
-12,082
-2.70%
Australia [+]2014-31,992
-42,512
-2.92%
Azerbaijan [+]20141,552
2,063
2.74%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2014-400
-532
-2.87%
Barbados [+]2014-265
-352
-7.50%
Bangladesh [+]2014-4,082
-5,424
-2.62%
Belgium [+]2014-12,315
-16,363
-3.10%
Burkina Faso [+]2014-182
-242
-1.74%
Bulgaria [+]2014-2,315
-2,085
-5.40%
Bahrain [+]2014-869
-1,154
-3.46%
Burundi [+]2014-80
-106
-3.93%
Benin [+]2014-165
-219
-1.65%
Brunei [+]2014460
612
3.58%
Bolivia [+]2014-841
-1,118
-3.36%
Brazil [+]2014-111,285
-147,880
-6.02%
Bahamas [+]2014-299
-397
-3.65%
Bhutan [+]201439
52
2.93%
Botswana [+]2014452
601
3.90%
Belarus [+]201454
72
0.09%
Belize [+]2014-28
-37
-1.72%
Canada [+]20142,377
3,158
0.18%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2014-5
-6
-0.02%
Central African Republic [+]2014-56
-75
-3.94%
Republic of the Congo [+]2014-1,447
-1,923
-10.73%
Switzerland [+]2014-1,354
-1,796
-0.20%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2014-577
-767
-1.57%
Chile [+]2014-2,921
-3,882
-1.50%
Cameroon [+]2014-1,119
-1,488
-4.09%
China [+]2014-54,095
-71,883
-0.68%
Colombia [+]2014-5,004
-6,649
-1.74%
Costa Rica [+]2014-2,245
-2,983
-5.73%
Cabo Verde [+]2014-107
-142
-7.61%
Cyprus [+]2014-1,539
-54
-8.80%
Czechia [+]2014-3,276
-4,345
-2.10%
Djibouti [+]2014-115
-152
-6.88%
Denmark [+]20143,793
4,040
1.40%
Dominica [+]2014-22
-29
-5.55%
Dominican Republic [+]2014-1,393
-1,852
-2.75%
Algeria [+]2014-12,848
-17,072
-7.99%
Ecuador [+]2014-6,032
-8,015
-7.88%
Estonia [+]2014142
189
0.70%
Egypt [+]2014-25,953
-34,488
-11.14%
Eritrea [+]2014-7
-9
-0.36%
Ethiopia [+]2014-1,053
-1,399
-2.58%
Finland [+]2014-6,181
-8,214
-3.00%
Fiji [+]2014-123
-163
-3.48%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201427
36
11.13%
Gabon [+]2014819
1,089
5.98%
Grenada [+]2014-29
-38
-4.20%
Georgia [+]2014-240
-319
-1.81%
Ghana [+]2014-3,191
-4,241
-7.81%
The Gambia [+]2014-36
-48
-3.94%
Guinea [+]2014-209
-277
-3.16%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2014-1,235
-1,641
-7.54%
Guatemala [+]2014-836
-1,111
-1.92%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2014-21
-28
-2.44%
Guyana [+]2014-126
-167
-4.05%
Hong Kong [+]20148,005
10,638
3.59%
Honduras [+]2014-431
-572
-2.90%
Croatia [+]2014-2,273
-3,193
-5.10%
Haiti [+]2014-415
-551
-3.64%
Hungary [+]2014-2,949
-3,913
-2.80%
Indonesia [+]2014-14,388
-19,119
-2.15%
Israel [+]2014-5,411
-7,190
-2.29%
India [+]2014-108,506
-144,188
-7.07%
Iraq [+]2014-9,943
-13,212
-5.63%
Iran [+]2014-3,631
-4,825
-1.05%
Iceland [+]201440
53
0.30%
Jamaica [+]2014-53
-70
-0.50%
Jordan [+]2014-2,353
-3,127
-8.48%
Kenya [+]2014-2,961
-3,935
-5.75%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2014-172
-229
-3.07%
Cambodia [+]2014-206
-274
-1.64%
Kiribati [+]201452
70
39.17%
Comoros [+]2014-3
-4
-0.33%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]201461
81
8.51%
South Korea [+]20146,710
8,917
0.60%
Kuwait [+]201426,344
35,007
21.52%
Kazakhstan [+]20144,135
5,495
2.48%
Laos [+]2014-313
-416
-3.13%
Lebanon [+]2014-2,250
-2,990
-6.22%
Saint Lucia [+]2014-41
-54
-3.06%
Sri Lanka [+]2014-3,719
-4,942
-5.99%
Liberia [+]2014-114
-152
-4.92%
Lesotho [+]201455
73
2.96%
Lithuania [+]2014-220
-323
-0.60%
Luxembourg [+]2014693
917
1.30%
Latvia [+]2014-381
-528
-1.60%
Libya [+]2014-13,172
-17,503
-30.51%
Morocco [+]2014-4,285
-5,694
-4.78%
Moldova [+]2014-113
-151
-1.59%
Montenegro [+]2014-24
-32
-0.70%
Madagascar [+]2014-185
-246
-1.96%
Marshall Islands [+]20145
6
3.26%
North Macedonia [+]2014-359
-477
-4.20%
Mali [+]2014-312
-415
-2.89%
Myanmar [+]2014-625
-831
-1.32%
Mongolia [+]2014-343
-456
-3.73%
Mauritania [+]2014-131
-175
-2.64%
Malta [+]2014-133
-198
-1.50%
Mauritius [+]2014-308
-410
-3.13%
Maldives [+]2014-67
-89
-2.42%
Malawi [+]2014-198
-263
-3.08%
Mexico [+]2014-44,886
-59,647
-4.54%
Malaysia [+]2014-6,786
-9,018
-2.63%
Mozambique [+]2014-1,319
-1,753
-9.90%
Namibia [+]2014-603
-801
-6.44%
Niger [+]2014-499
-663
-6.13%
Nigeria [+]2014-10,391
-13,807
-2.43%
Nicaragua [+]2014-111
-147
-1.24%
Netherlands [+]2014-15,213
-20,197
-2.20%
Norway [+]201432,441
43,009
8.60%
Nepal [+]2014230
306
1.35%
Nauru [+]201422
29
27.82%
New Zealand [+]2014-573
-762
-0.38%
Oman [+]2014-1,100
-1,462
-1.58%
Panama [+]2014-1,175
-1,561
-3.13%
Peru [+]2014-347
-461
-0.23%
Papua New Guinea [+]2014-1,094
-1,454
-6.27%
Philippines [+]20141,850
2,458
0.83%
Pakistan [+]2014-8,924
-11,858
-4.31%
Poland [+]2014-14,910
-19,782
-3.70%
State of Palestine [+]2014-268
-356
-2.55%
Palau [+]20147
9
3.64%
Paraguay [+]2014-168
-223
-0.55%
Qatar [+]201423,906
31,767
15.40%
Romania [+]2014-1,796
-4,243
-1.20%
Serbia [+]2014-2,073
-2,755
-5.85%
Russia [+]2014-16,497
-21,922
-1.07%
Rwanda [+]2014-243
-323
-3.92%
Saudi Arabia [+]2014-20,160
-26,790
-3.54%
Solomon Islands [+]201418
25
1.84%
Seychelles [+]201437
49
3.55%
Sudan [+]2014-2,139
-2,842
-4.68%
Sweden [+]2014-7,907
-8,872
-1.80%
Singapore [+]201411,067
14,707
4.60%
Slovenia [+]2014-2,073
-2,755
-5.50%
Slovakia [+]2014-2,370
-3,149
-3.10%
Sierra Leone [+]2014-136
-181
-3.61%
San Marino [+]201413
17
1.06%
Senegal [+]2014-581
-772
-3.90%
Somalia [+]2014-3
-4
-0.07%
Suriname [+]2014-198
-263
-4.69%
South Sudan [+]2014-1,050
-1,396
-9.08%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2014-14
-19
-5.31%
El Salvador [+]2014-683
-908
-4.02%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2014-91
-120
-2.67%
Chad [+]2014-441
-586
-4.18%
Togo [+]2014-342
-455
-7.37%
Thailand [+]2014-2,437
-3,239
-0.80%
Tajikistan [+]201459
78
0.85%
Timor-Leste [+]2014-409
-543
-37.53%
Turkmenistan [+]2014291
386
0.70%
Tunisia [+]2014-1,178
-1,566
-3.12%
Tonga [+]201421
28
6.40%
Türkiye [+]2014-10,048
-13,352
-1.42%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2014-955
-1,270
-4.60%
Tuvalu [+]20141
1
3.26%
Taiwan [+]2014-10,977
-14,587
-2.73%
Tanzania [+]2014-1,096
-1,456
-2.91%
Ukraine [+]2014-4,382
-5,823
-4.46%
Uganda [+]2014-683
-908
-2.74%
Uruguay [+]2014-1,215
-1,615
-2.61%
Uzbekistan [+]20141,155
1,535
1.90%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2014-16
-22
-2.82%
Venezuela [+]2014-26,949
-35,812
-9.80%
Viet Nam [+]2014-8,792
-11,683
-5.02%
Vanuatu [+]20148
11
1.44%
Samoa [+]2014-32
-43
-5.38%
Yemen [+]2014-1,346
-1,788
-4.14%
South Africa [+]2014-11,257
-14,959
-3.92%
Zambia [+]2014-1,185
-1,574
-5.80%
Zimbabwe [+]2014-163
-217
-1.11%

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.