Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2016-738,842
-817,601
-4.37%
United Kingdom [+]2016-79,814
-90,276
-3.30%
Germany [+]201636,374
40,251
1.20%
France [+]2016-84,025
-89,923
-3.80%
Japan [+]2016-162,763
-180,113
-3.60%
Spain [+]2016-47,893
-52,998
-4.30%
Italy [+]2016-40,765
-45,110
-2.40%
Portugal [+]2016-3,609
-3,994
-1.90%
Greece [+]2016368
603
0.20%
Ireland [+]2016-2,079
-2,277
-0.80%
Andorra [+]2016114
126
4.36%
United Arab Emirates [+]2016-9,097
-10,066
-2.82%
Afghanistan [+]201621
23
0.13%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2016-2
-2
-0.15%
Albania [+]2016-161
-178
-1.50%
Armenia [+]2016-537
-594
-5.63%
Angola [+]2016-4,131
-4,571
-4.52%
Argentina [+]2016-33,482
-37,051
-6.66%
Austria [+]2016-5,488
-6,073
-1.50%
Australia [+]2016-27,662
-30,611
-2.42%
Azerbaijan [+]2016-394
-436
-1.15%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]201653
58
0.35%
Barbados [+]2016-235
-261
-5.35%
Bangladesh [+]2016-7,581
-8,389
-3.16%
Belgium [+]2016-10,163
-11,247
-2.40%
Burkina Faso [+]2016-357
-395
-3.08%
Bulgaria [+]2016155
830
0.30%
Bahrain [+]2016-5,076
-5,617
-17.43%
Burundi [+]2016-190
-211
-7.11%
Benin [+]2016-458
-507
-4.29%
Brunei [+]2016-2,233
-2,471
-21.68%
Bolivia [+]2016-2,238
-2,476
-7.24%
Brazil [+]2016-145,771
-161,310
-8.98%
Bahamas [+]2016-274
-303
-2.55%
Bhutan [+]2016-36
-40
-1.94%
Botswana [+]201698
108
0.71%
Belarus [+]2016-715
-791
-1.66%
Belize [+]2016-90
-100
-4.50%
Canada [+]2016-6,257
-6,924
-0.45%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2016-164
-181
-0.50%
Central African Republic [+]201617
19
1.05%
Republic of the Congo [+]2016-1,436
-1,589
-15.64%
Switzerland [+]20161,482
1,639
0.20%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2016-1,303
-1,442
-3.01%
Chile [+]2016-5,994
-6,633
-2.66%
Cameroon [+]2016-1,797
-1,988
-5.88%
China [+]2016-344,124
-380,806
-3.39%
Colombia [+]2016-5,810
-6,429
-2.27%
Costa Rica [+]2016-2,728
-3,018
-5.13%
Cabo Verde [+]2016-46
-50
-3.04%
Cyprus [+]201661
51
0.30%
Czechia [+]20161,263
1,397
0.70%
Djibouti [+]2016-195
-216
-8.30%
Denmark [+]2016-300
-332
-0.10%
Dominica [+]201658
64
11.59%
Dominican Republic [+]2016-2,125
-2,352
-3.10%
Algeria [+]2016-19,352
-21,415
-13.38%
Ecuador [+]2016-8,690
-9,616
-9.62%
Estonia [+]2016-90
-100
-0.40%
Egypt [+]2016-37,463
-41,457
-12.00%
Eritrea [+]2016-33
-37
-1.66%
Ethiopia [+]2016-1,499
-1,659
-2.30%
Finland [+]2016-3,694
-4,088
-1.70%
Fiji [+]2016-249
-275
-5.70%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201622
24
7.26%
Gabon [+]2016-597
-660
-4.71%
Grenada [+]201626
29
2.69%
Georgia [+]2016-208
-230
-1.52%
Ghana [+]2016-3,422
-3,787
-6.75%
The Gambia [+]2016-83
-92
-6.22%
Guinea [+]2016-11
-13
-0.15%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2016-1,109
-1,227
-10.92%
Guatemala [+]2016-662
-733
-1.11%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2016-60
-66
-5.34%
Guyana [+]2016-135
-150
-3.34%
Hong Kong [+]201612,931
14,309
4.39%
Honduras [+]2016-78
-86
-0.40%
Croatia [+]2016-489
-484
-1.00%
Haiti [+]20162
2
0.02%
Hungary [+]2016-2,089
-2,311
-1.80%
Indonesia [+]2016-20,941
-23,174
-2.49%
Israel [+]2016-4,978
-5,508
-1.71%
India [+]2016-147,651
-163,390
-7.12%
Iraq [+]2016-21,992
-24,336
-14.50%
Iran [+]2016-7,339
-8,122
-1.77%
Iceland [+]20162,360
2,609
12.50%
Jamaica [+]2016-25
-28
-0.19%
Jordan [+]2016-1,320
-1,461
-3.66%
Kenya [+]2016-5,039
-5,576
-7.45%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2016-356
-394
-5.79%
Cambodia [+]2016-54
-60
-0.30%
Kiribati [+]201638
42
23.48%
Comoros [+]2016-51
-56
-5.52%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]201634
38
3.76%
South Korea [+]201622,301
24,678
1.65%
Kuwait [+]2016774
857
0.78%
Kazakhstan [+]2016-5,587
-6,182
-4.50%
Laos [+]2016-697
-772
-4.85%
Lebanon [+]2016-4,106
-4,544
-8.88%
Saint Lucia [+]2016-23
-26
-1.35%
Sri Lanka [+]2016-3,974
-4,398
-5.00%
Liberia [+]2016-113
-125
-3.83%
Lesotho [+]2016-178
-198
-8.90%
Lithuania [+]201698
112
0.30%
Luxembourg [+]20161,064
1,175
1.90%
Latvia [+]2016-6
-111
0%
Libya [+]2016-13,211
-14,619
-29.29%
Morocco [+]2016-4,463
-4,938
-4.43%
Moldova [+]2016-113
-125
-1.55%
Montenegro [+]2016-244
-270
-6.18%
Madagascar [+]2016-119
-131
-1.11%
Marshall Islands [+]20167
8
3.88%
North Macedonia [+]2016-261
-289
-2.70%
Mali [+]2016-500
-553
-3.95%
Myanmar [+]2016-2,100
-2,324
-3.87%
Mongolia [+]2016-1,542
-1,706
-15.30%
Mauritania [+]20168
8
0.13%
Malta [+]2016119
129
1.10%
Mauritius [+]2016-320
-354
-2.82%
Maldives [+]2016-395
-437
-10.00%
Malawi [+]2016-343
-379
-4.90%
Mexico [+]2016-26,951
-29,824
-2.77%
Malaysia [+]2016-7,102
-7,859
-2.60%
Mozambique [+]2016-552
-611
-5.12%
Namibia [+]2016-901
-997
-9.30%
Niger [+]2016-417
-462
-4.46%
Nigeria [+]2016-16,981
-18,791
-4.64%
Nicaragua [+]2016-220
-244
-1.84%
Netherlands [+]2016899
91
0.10%
Norway [+]201613,537
14,958
4.00%
Nepal [+]2016259
286
1.17%
Nauru [+]201619
21
21.45%
New Zealand [+]20161,593
1,763
0.95%
Oman [+]2016-13,319
-14,739
-19.62%
Panama [+]2016-1,034
-1,144
-1.98%
Peru [+]2016-3,959
-4,381
-2.24%
Papua New Guinea [+]2016-890
-985
-4.75%
Philippines [+]2016-1,017
-1,125
-0.35%
Pakistan [+]2016-11,119
-12,304
-3.92%
Poland [+]2016-10,190
-11,267
-2.40%
State of Palestine [+]2016-289
-320
-2.08%
Palau [+]201610
11
3.57%
Paraguay [+]2016-129
-143
-0.40%
Qatar [+]2016-6,607
-7,311
-4.82%
Romania [+]2016-4,264
-4,626
-2.50%
Serbia [+]2016-412
-455
-1.12%
Russia [+]2016-42,473
-47,001
-3.67%
Rwanda [+]2016-178
-197
-2.27%
Saudi Arabia [+]2016-82,189
-90,950
-14.10%
Solomon Islands [+]2016-52
-57
-4.17%
Seychelles [+]20163
3
0.20%
Sudan [+]2016-2,297
-2,542
-3.92%
Sweden [+]20164,562
5,336
1.00%
Singapore [+]20169,598
10,621
3.26%
Slovenia [+]2016-776
-859
-1.90%
Slovakia [+]2016-2,092
-2,315
-2.60%
Sierra Leone [+]2016-295
-326
-8.46%
San Marino [+]2016-2
-2
-0.19%
Senegal [+]2016-563
-623
-3.27%
Somalia [+]201631
34
0.62%
Suriname [+]2016-280
-310
-9.34%
South Sudan [+]2016-609
-674
-19.26%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2016-13
-15
-4.24%
El Salvador [+]2016-679
-751
-3.10%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2016-314
-347
-9.00%
Chad [+]2016-179
-198
-1.94%
Togo [+]2016-385
-426
-7.07%
Thailand [+]20162,092
2,315
0.57%
Tajikistan [+]2016-568
-628
-8.98%
Timor-Leste [+]2016-827
-915
-55.41%
Turkmenistan [+]2016-778
-861
-2.07%
Tunisia [+]2016-2,353
-2,603
-5.87%
Tonga [+]20166
6
1.47%
Türkiye [+]2016-18,365
-20,323
-2.34%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2016-2,147
-2,376
-10.42%
Tuvalu [+]201610
11
27.48%
Taiwan [+]2016-10,761
-11,908
-2.19%
Tanzania [+]2016-937
-1,037
-2.08%
Ukraine [+]2016-1,879
-2,080
-2.23%
Uganda [+]2016-699
-773
-2.61%
Uruguay [+]2016-1,382
-1,530
-2.67%
Uzbekistan [+]2016545
603
0.70%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]20168
9
1.07%
Venezuela [+]2016-10,893
-12,055
-8.46%
Viet Nam [+]2016-7,209
-7,978
-3.16%
Vanuatu [+]2016-5
-6
-0.74%
Samoa [+]2016-3
-3
-0.35%
Yemen [+]2016-2,408
-2,664
-8.51%
South Africa [+]2016-10,889
-12,050
-3.73%
Zambia [+]2016-1,078
-1,193
-5.69%
Zimbabwe [+]2016-1,230
-1,361
-6.62%

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.