Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2017-793,757
-896,375
-4.60%
United Kingdom [+]2017-57,157
-63,555
-2.40%
Germany [+]201743,652
49,295
1.30%
France [+]2017-77,058
-76,748
-3.40%
Japan [+]2017-135,305
-152,797
-3.10%
Spain [+]2017-36,228
-40,717
-3.12%
Italy [+]2017-42,010
-47,441
-2.40%
Portugal [+]2017-5,792
-6,541
-3.00%
Greece [+]20171,283
1,822
0.70%
Ireland [+]2017-863
-969
-0.30%
Andorra [+]201788
99
3.33%
United Arab Emirates [+]2017-5,738
-6,480
-1.68%
Afghanistan [+]2017-113
-127
-0.67%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2017-37
-42
-2.84%
Albania [+]2017-162
-183
-1.41%
Armenia [+]2017-488
-552
-4.79%
Angola [+]2017-7,117
-8,037
-6.59%
Argentina [+]2017-38,162
-43,096
-6.69%
Austria [+]2017-3,014
-3,404
-0.80%
Australia [+]2017-21,025
-23,743
-1.72%
Azerbaijan [+]2017-487
-549
-1.33%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2017290
328
1.81%
Barbados [+]2017-190
-215
-4.29%
Bangladesh [+]2017-10,839
-12,241
-4.17%
Belgium [+]2017-3,043
-3,438
-0.70%
Burkina Faso [+]2017-864
-975
-6.92%
Bulgaria [+]2017853
488
1.60%
Bahrain [+]2017-4,406
-4,976
-14.03%
Burundi [+]2017-141
-159
-5.01%
Benin [+]2017-473
-534
-4.20%
Brunei [+]2017-1,116
-1,261
-10.40%
Bolivia [+]2017-2,618
-2,956
-7.82%
Brazil [+]2017-143,266
-161,788
-7.84%
Bahamas [+]2017-594
-671
-5.50%
Bhutan [+]2017-97
-110
-4.79%
Botswana [+]2017-165
-186
-1.14%
Belarus [+]2017-163
-184
-0.34%
Belize [+]2017-70
-79
-3.49%
Canada [+]2017-1,642
-1,854
-0.11%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2017456
515
1.36%
Central African Republic [+]2017-19
-22
-1.06%
Republic of the Congo [+]2017-584
-659
-5.93%
Switzerland [+]20176,961
7,858
1.10%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2017-1,522
-1,719
-3.33%
Chile [+]2017-6,430
-7,261
-2.63%
Cameroon [+]2017-1,510
-1,705
-4.73%
China [+]2017-369,657
-417,447
-3.40%
Colombia [+]2017-6,892
-7,783
-2.50%
Costa Rica [+]2017-3,200
-3,614
-5.97%
Cabo Verde [+]2017-47
-53
-2.97%
Cyprus [+]2017388
447
1.90%
Czechia [+]20172,915
3,283
1.50%
Djibouti [+]2017-110
-125
-4.51%
Denmark [+]20175,266
5,933
1.80%
Dominica [+]2017-15
-17
-3.27%
Dominican Republic [+]2017-2,189
-2,473
-3.09%
Algeria [+]2017-12,698
-14,340
-8.43%
Ecuador [+]2017-5,669
-6,402
-6.14%
Estonia [+]2017-113
-199
-0.50%
Egypt [+]2017-21,635
-24,432
-9.90%
Eritrea [+]2017-102
-115
-6.04%
Ethiopia [+]2017-2,207
-2,492
-3.24%
Finland [+]2017-1,480
-1,671
-0.70%
Fiji [+]2017-96
-109
-2.09%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201746
52
14.24%
Gabon [+]2017-225
-254
-1.70%
Grenada [+]201730
34
3.01%
Georgia [+]2017-70
-78
-0.48%
Ghana [+]2017-2,121
-2,395
-3.97%
The Gambia [+]2017-58
-65
-4.35%
Guinea [+]2017-188
-213
-2.06%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2017-280
-316
-2.59%
Guatemala [+]2017-878
-991
-1.38%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2017-17
-19
-1.32%
Guyana [+]2017-138
-156
-3.28%
Hong Kong [+]201716,927
19,116
5.49%
Honduras [+]2017-84
-94
-0.41%
Croatia [+]2017281
423
0.60%
Haiti [+]201720
23
0.15%
Hungary [+]2017-3,124
-3,519
-2.50%
Indonesia [+]2017-22,562
-25,479
-2.51%
Israel [+]2017-3,546
-4,004
-1.12%
India [+]2017-146,211
-165,114
-6.23%
Iraq [+]2017-2,559
-2,890
-1.50%
Iran [+]2017-6,956
-7,856
-1.61%
Iceland [+]2017214
236
1.00%
Jamaica [+]201760
68
0.45%
Jordan [+]2017-1,316
-1,487
-3.58%
Kenya [+]2017-5,347
-6,038
-7.37%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2017-255
-288
-3.73%
Cambodia [+]2017-152
-172
-0.77%
Kiribati [+]201767
76
40.18%
Comoros [+]2017-1
-1
-0.10%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]20175
6
0.54%
South Korea [+]201731,449
35,515
2.19%
Kuwait [+]20172,435
2,749
2.28%
Kazakhstan [+]2017-6,301
-7,115
-4.27%
Laos [+]2017-832
-940
-5.51%
Lebanon [+]2017-4,064
-4,589
-8.65%
Saint Lucia [+]2017-39
-44
-2.21%
Sri Lanka [+]2017-4,261
-4,811
-5.10%
Liberia [+]2017-210
-237
-7.13%
Lesotho [+]2017-23
-26
-1.09%
Lithuania [+]2017176
217
0.40%
Luxembourg [+]2017795
898
1.40%
Latvia [+]2017-79
-251
-0.30%
Libya [+]2017-6,578
-7,428
-11.06%
Morocco [+]2017-3,394
-3,832
-3.23%
Moldova [+]2017-55
-62
-0.65%
Montenegro [+]2017-293
-331
-6.81%
Madagascar [+]2017-245
-277
-2.10%
Marshall Islands [+]20178
9
4.41%
North Macedonia [+]2017-274
-310
-2.73%
Mali [+]2017-389
-440
-2.86%
Myanmar [+]2017-1,551
-1,751
-2.86%
Mongolia [+]2017-378
-427
-3.72%
Mauritania [+]201732
36
0.53%
Malta [+]2017393
444
3.30%
Mauritius [+]2017-202
-228
-1.67%
Maldives [+]2017-129
-145
-3.06%
Malawi [+]2017-408
-461
-5.15%
Mexico [+]2017-10,903
-12,313
-1.06%
Malaysia [+]2017-6,818
-7,700
-2.41%
Mozambique [+]2017-233
-263
-1.99%
Namibia [+]2017-570
-643
-4.99%
Niger [+]2017-408
-460
-4.12%
Nigeria [+]2017-18,017
-20,346
-5.42%
Nicaragua [+]2017-217
-245
-1.78%
Netherlands [+]201710,121
10,972
1.40%
Norway [+]201717,663
19,902
5.00%
Nepal [+]2017-690
-779
-2.69%
Nauru [+]201719
22
20.14%
New Zealand [+]20172,387
2,696
1.32%
Oman [+]2017-7,490
-8,458
-10.46%
Panama [+]2017-1,192
-1,346
-2.16%
Peru [+]2017-5,566
-6,285
-2.91%
Papua New Guinea [+]2017-498
-563
-2.48%
Philippines [+]2017-1,082
-1,222
-0.37%
Pakistan [+]2017-15,534
-17,542
-5.17%
Poland [+]2017-6,951
-7,832
-1.50%
State of Palestine [+]2017-397
-448
-2.78%
Palau [+]201712
14
4.83%
Paraguay [+]2017-305
-344
-0.88%
Qatar [+]2017-3,549
-4,008
-2.49%
Romania [+]2017-4,727
-6,301
-2.50%
Serbia [+]2017536
605
1.37%
Russia [+]2017-20,489
-23,138
-1.47%
Rwanda [+]2017-206
-233
-2.52%
Saudi Arabia [+]2017-56,270
-63,545
-9.23%
Solomon Islands [+]2017-38
-43
-2.92%
Seychelles [+]20177
7
0.47%
Sudan [+]2017-2,627
-2,966
-6.07%
Sweden [+]20176,644
7,697
1.40%
Singapore [+]201716,152
18,240
5.25%
Slovenia [+]2017-23
-26
-0.10%
Slovakia [+]2017-830
-937
-1.00%
Sierra Leone [+]2017-289
-326
-8.78%
San Marino [+]2017-47
-53
-3.49%
Senegal [+]2017-552
-623
-2.97%
Somalia [+]201727
31
0.55%
Suriname [+]2017-225
-254
-7.08%
South Sudan [+]2017101
114
3.26%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2017-9
-10
-2.69%
El Salvador [+]2017-560
-632
-2.53%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2017-271
-306
-6.85%
Chad [+]2017-21
-23
-0.23%
Togo [+]2017-12
-13
-0.21%
Thailand [+]2017-1,691
-1,909
-0.43%
Tajikistan [+]2017-377
-426
-5.66%
Timor-Leste [+]2017-474
-535
-33.13%
Turkmenistan [+]2017-953
-1,077
-2.32%
Tunisia [+]2017-2,094
-2,364
-5.61%
Tonga [+]201714
16
3.58%
Türkiye [+]2017-16,650
-18,803
-2.19%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2017-2,192
-2,476
-10.82%
Tuvalu [+]20171
1
2.10%
Taiwan [+]2017-10,577
-11,945
-2.02%
Tanzania [+]2017-546
-616
-1.16%
Ukraine [+]2017-2,277
-2,572
-2.29%
Uganda [+]2017-987
-1,115
-3.55%
Uruguay [+]2017-1,429
-1,614
-2.51%
Uzbekistan [+]2017621
701
1.15%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2017-3
-4
-0.42%
Venezuela [+]2017-23,598
-26,649
-13.27%
Viet Nam [+]2017-4,819
-5,442
-1.96%
Vanuatu [+]2017-9
-11
-1.20%
Samoa [+]2017-15
-17
-1.98%
Yemen [+]2017-1,166
-1,316
-4.91%
South Africa [+]2017-13,560
-15,313
-4.02%
Zambia [+]2017-1,718
-1,940
-7.50%
Zimbabwe [+]2017-2,014
-2,274
-10.64%

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.