Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2015-579,499
-643,027
-3.53%
United Kingdom [+]2015-120,210
-133,294
-4.50%
Germany [+]201529,068
32,255
1.00%
France [+]2015-85,681
-88,434
-3.90%
Japan [+]2015-147,325
-163,475
-3.68%
Spain [+]2015-57,235
-63,509
-5.31%
Italy [+]2015-42,248
-46,879
-2.60%
Portugal [+]2015-7,995
-8,777
-4.40%
Greece [+]2015-10,356
-5,901
-5.90%
Ireland [+]2015-5,355
-5,945
-2.00%
Andorra [+]201550
55
2.00%
United Arab Emirates [+]2015-10,691
-11,863
-3.31%
Afghanistan [+]2015-249
-276
-1.38%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2015-31
-35
-2.60%
Albania [+]2015-443
-492
-4.32%
Armenia [+]2015-460
-510
-4.84%
Angola [+]2015-3,055
-3,390
-2.92%
Argentina [+]2015-34,743
-38,551
-6.00%
Austria [+]2015-3,477
-3,997
-1.00%
Australia [+]2015-30,986
-34,383
-2.79%
Azerbaijan [+]2015-2,205
-2,447
-4.81%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2015-29
-32
-0.20%
Barbados [+]2015-389
-432
-9.10%
Bangladesh [+]2015-6,928
-7,688
-3.29%
Belgium [+]2015-10,058
-11,161
-2.40%
Burkina Faso [+]2015-223
-247
-2.09%
Bulgaria [+]2015-851
-1,408
-1.90%
Bahrain [+]2015-5,117
-5,678
-18.29%
Burundi [+]2015-211
-235
-7.56%
Benin [+]2015-570
-632
-5.55%
Brunei [+]2015-1,692
-1,878
-14.52%
Bolivia [+]2015-2,068
-2,295
-6.90%
Brazil [+]2015-166,093
-184,301
-10.24%
Bahamas [+]2015-261
-290
-2.52%
Bhutan [+]2015-4
-4
-0.20%
Botswana [+]2015-617
-685
-4.82%
Belarus [+]2015-1,505
-1,670
-2.96%
Belize [+]2015-102
-113
-5.13%
Canada [+]2015-868
-963
-0.06%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2015-139
-154
-0.41%
Central African Republic [+]2015-9
-10
-0.59%
Republic of the Congo [+]2015-1,908
-2,117
-17.81%
Switzerland [+]20153,412
3,786
0.50%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2015-843
-936
-2.04%
Chile [+]2015-4,565
-5,065
-2.09%
Cameroon [+]2015-1,233
-1,368
-4.25%
China [+]2015-254,748
-282,675
-2.54%
Colombia [+]2015-9,311
-10,332
-3.52%
Costa Rica [+]2015-2,787
-3,093
-5.48%
Cabo Verde [+]2015-66
-73
-4.56%
Cyprus [+]2015-163
37
-0.90%
Czechia [+]2015-1,092
-1,211
-0.60%
Djibouti [+]2015-338
-375
-15.45%
Denmark [+]2015-3,630
-4,024
-1.30%
Dominica [+]201557
64
11.38%
Dominican Republic [+]2015-21
-24
-0.03%
Algeria [+]2015-23,451
-26,022
-15.68%
Ecuador [+]2015-6,033
-6,694
-6.74%
Estonia [+]201523
33
0.10%
Egypt [+]2015-32,722
-36,309
-10.66%
Eritrea [+]2015-57
-63
-3.14%
Ethiopia [+]2015-1,107
-1,228
-1.95%
Finland [+]2015-5,127
-5,689
-2.40%
Fiji [+]2015-162
-180
-3.94%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201530
33
10.35%
Gabon [+]2015-145
-161
-1.12%
Grenada [+]2015-7
-8
-0.80%
Georgia [+]2015-160
-177
-1.18%
Ghana [+]2015-1,786
-1,981
-4.01%
The Gambia [+]2015-66
-73
-5.38%
Guinea [+]2015-519
-576
-6.55%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2015-1,794
-1,991
-15.10%
Guatemala [+]2015-825
-915
-1.47%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2015-33
-36
-3.16%
Guyana [+]2015-34
-38
-0.89%
Hong Kong [+]20151,671
1,854
0.60%
Honduras [+]2015-148
-164
-0.78%
Croatia [+]2015-1,581
-1,711
-3.50%
Haiti [+]2015-197
-218
-1.47%
Hungary [+]2015-2,260
-2,508
-2.00%
Indonesia [+]2015-20,196
-22,409
-2.60%
Israel [+]2015-3,141
-3,486
-1.15%
India [+]2015-136,591
-151,565
-7.21%
Iraq [+]2015-20,538
-22,790
-12.83%
Iran [+]2015-5,519
-6,124
-1.50%
Iceland [+]2015-63
-69
-0.40%
Jamaica [+]2015-38
-42
-0.29%
Jordan [+]2015-2,921
-3,241
-8.39%
Kenya [+]2015-4,238
-4,702
-6.68%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2015-151
-168
-2.52%
Cambodia [+]2015-105
-117
-0.65%
Kiribati [+]201573
81
47.61%
Comoros [+]201523
25
2.60%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]201548
54
5.60%
South Korea [+]20156,892
7,648
0.52%
Kuwait [+]20154,653
5,163
4.51%
Kazakhstan [+]2015-10,401
-11,541
-6.26%
Laos [+]2015-724
-803
-5.57%
Lebanon [+]2015-3,367
-3,737
-7.48%
Saint Lucia [+]2015-38
-43
-2.34%
Sri Lanka [+]2015-5,091
-5,649
-6.64%
Liberia [+]2015-105
-116
-3.74%
Lesotho [+]2015-28
-31
-1.41%
Lithuania [+]2015-112
-87
-0.30%
Luxembourg [+]2015722
783
1.30%
Latvia [+]2015-363
-415
-1.50%
Libya [+]2015-12,509
-13,881
-28.49%
Morocco [+]2015-4,492
-4,985
-4.51%
Moldova [+]2015-135
-150
-1.94%
Montenegro [+]2015-218
-242
-5.96%
Madagascar [+]2015-291
-323
-2.85%
Marshall Islands [+]20155
5
2.81%
North Macedonia [+]2015-315
-350
-3.48%
Mali [+]2015-215
-239
-1.82%
Myanmar [+]2015-1,572
-1,744
-2.78%
Mongolia [+]2015-528
-586
-5.04%
Mauritania [+]2015-136
-151
-2.44%
Malta [+]2015-86
-115
-0.90%
Mauritius [+]2015-388
-431
-3.58%
Maldives [+]2015-242
-268
-6.55%
Malawi [+]2015-339
-376
-4.17%
Mexico [+]2015-42,193
-46,818
-4.00%
Malaysia [+]2015-6,914
-7,672
-2.55%
Mozambique [+]2015-957
-1,062
-6.66%
Namibia [+]2015-857
-950
-8.30%
Niger [+]2015-589
-653
-6.75%
Nigeria [+]2015-16,858
-18,706
-3.80%
Nicaragua [+]2015-178
-198
-1.55%
Netherlands [+]2015-13,411
-16,013
-1.90%
Norway [+]201520,942
23,241
6.00%
Nepal [+]2015127
141
0.58%
Nauru [+]20158
9
10.46%
New Zealand [+]2015535
594
0.34%
Oman [+]2015-9,556
-10,604
-13.47%
Panama [+]2015-1,181
-1,310
-2.42%
Peru [+]2015-3,664
-4,065
-2.12%
Papua New Guinea [+]2015-891
-988
-4.55%
Philippines [+]20151,618
1,796
0.59%
Pakistan [+]2015-12,809
-14,213
-4.67%
Poland [+]2015-11,176
-12,397
-2.60%
State of Palestine [+]2015-587
-651
-4.66%
Palau [+]201513
14
5.02%
Paraguay [+]2015-592
-657
-1.81%
Qatar [+]201531,649
35,118
21.71%
Romania [+]2015-867
-2,654
-0.50%
Serbia [+]2015-1,208
-1,340
-3.38%
Russia [+]2015-41,405
-45,944
-3.39%
Rwanda [+]2015-206
-229
-2.68%
Saudi Arabia [+]2015-93,388
-103,626
-15.84%
Solomon Islands [+]20150
0
-0.01%
Seychelles [+]201523
26
1.81%
Sudan [+]2015-2,249
-2,496
-3.87%
Sweden [+]2015-75
62
0%
Singapore [+]20157,999
8,876
2.86%
Slovenia [+]2015-1,106
-1,227
-2.80%
Slovakia [+]2015-2,135
-2,369
-2.70%
Sierra Leone [+]2015-174
-193
-4.55%
San Marino [+]2015-43
-48
-3.32%
Senegal [+]2015-587
-651
-3.66%
Somalia [+]201515
17
0.31%
Suriname [+]2015-349
-387
-7.56%
South Sudan [+]2015-2,222
-2,466
-16.66%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2015-18
-20
-6.25%
El Salvador [+]2015-767
-851
-3.63%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2015-226
-250
-6.04%
Chad [+]2015-432
-480
-4.38%
Togo [+]2015-365
-405
-7.18%
Thailand [+]2015473
525
0.13%
Tajikistan [+]2015-140
-155
-1.97%
Timor-Leste [+]2015-476
-528
-33.12%
Turkmenistan [+]2015-225
-250
-0.57%
Tunisia [+]2015-2,042
-2,265
-4.95%
Tonga [+]2015-11
-12
-2.75%
Türkiye [+]2015-9,800
-10,875
-1.26%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2015-1,830
-2,030
-7.86%
Tuvalu [+]20155
5
14.72%
Taiwan [+]2015-8,586
-9,527
-1.78%
Tanzania [+]2015-1,353
-1,501
-3.17%
Ukraine [+]2015-946
-1,049
-1.16%
Uganda [+]2015-628
-697
-2.52%
Uruguay [+]2015-965
-1,071
-1.87%
Uzbekistan [+]2015-214
-238
-0.28%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2015-14
-16
-2.01%
Venezuela [+]2015-12,718
-14,113
-8.06%
Viet Nam [+]2015-10,634
-11,800
-4.98%
Vanuatu [+]2015-60
-67
-9.00%
Samoa [+]2015-28
-31
-3.79%
Yemen [+]2015-3,347
-3,714
-8.75%
South Africa [+]2015-13,665
-15,163
-4.37%
Zambia [+]2015-1,826
-2,026
-9.54%
Zimbabwe [+]2015-324
-360
-1.80%

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.