Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2019-1,041,579
-1,166,150
-5.46%
United Kingdom [+]2019-58,613
-63,640
-2.30%
Germany [+]201952,470
59,532
1.50%
France [+]2019-58,226
-83,640
-2.40%
Japan [+]2019-138,666
-155,250
-3.03%
Spain [+]2019-38,116
-42,675
-3.06%
Italy [+]2019-27,004
-30,980
-1.50%
Portugal [+]2019247
277
0.10%
Greece [+]20191,525
470
0.80%
Ireland [+]20191,695
1,771
0.50%
Andorra [+]201964
72
2.28%
United Arab Emirates [+]20191,625
1,819
0.44%
Afghanistan [+]2019-178
-200
-1.06%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2019-60
-67
-3.98%
Albania [+]2019-267
-299
-1.94%
Armenia [+]2019-119
-133
-0.98%
Angola [+]2019586
656
0.78%
Argentina [+]2019-17,736
-19,858
-4.40%
Austria [+]20192,254
2,714
0.60%
Australia [+]2019-54,533
-61,055
-4.40%
Azerbaijan [+]20193,849
4,309
8.94%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2019250
280
1.39%
Barbados [+]2019172
193
3.74%
Bangladesh [+]2019-16,967
-18,996
-5.41%
Belgium [+]2019-9,532
-10,453
-2.00%
Burkina Faso [+]2019-487
-545
-3.41%
Bulgaria [+]20191,319
-659
2.10%
Bahrain [+]2019-3,095
-3,465
-8.96%
Burundi [+]2019-172
-193
-6.40%
Benin [+]2019-69
-78
-0.54%
Brunei [+]2019-1,161
-1,300
-9.65%
Bolivia [+]2019-2,657
-2,974
-7.22%
Brazil [+]2019-98,384
-110,151
-5.88%
Bahamas [+]2019-196
-219
-1.66%
Bhutan [+]2019-26
-29
-1.17%
Botswana [+]2019-1,257
-1,408
-8.53%
Belarus [+]2019523
586
0.91%
Belize [+]2019-62
-69
-2.92%
Canada [+]201967
75
0.00%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2019-897
-1,004
-1.99%
Central African Republic [+]201929
32
1.42%
Republic of the Congo [+]2019537
602
4.70%
Switzerland [+]20198,643
9,681
1.30%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2019-1,197
-1,340
-2.29%
Chile [+]2019-6,781
-7,592
-2.73%
Cameroon [+]2019-1,149
-1,287
-3.24%
China [+]2019-781,572
-875,046
-6.10%
Colombia [+]2019-10,047
-11,248
-3.48%
Costa Rica [+]2019-3,873
-4,336
-6.73%
Cabo Verde [+]2019-33
-36
-1.68%
Cyprus [+]2019219
334
0.90%
Czechia [+]2019651
729
0.30%
Djibouti [+]2019-25
-28
-0.92%
Denmark [+]201912,789
14,316
4.10%
Dominica [+]2019-43
-48
-8.64%
Dominican Republic [+]2019-1,746
-1,954
-2.20%
Algeria [+]2019-14,695
-16,452
-9.58%
Ecuador [+]2019-3,331
-3,729
-3.45%
Estonia [+]201934
38
0.10%
Egypt [+]2019-21,566
-24,145
-7.60%
Eritrea [+]201911
12
0.61%
Ethiopia [+]2019-2,096
-2,346
-2.53%
Finland [+]2019-2,275
-2,540
-0.90%
Fiji [+]2019-174
-195
-3.58%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201969
77
18.44%
Gabon [+]2019321
359
2.13%
Grenada [+]201954
60
4.97%
Georgia [+]2019-287
-322
-1.84%
Ghana [+]2019-4,448
-4,979
-7.29%
The Gambia [+]2019-41
-46
-2.55%
Guinea [+]2019-32
-35
-0.26%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2019185
207
1.82%
Guatemala [+]2019-1,541
-1,725
-2.24%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2019-51
-57
-3.86%
Guyana [+]2019-127
-143
-2.76%
Hong Kong [+]2019-1,927
-2,157
-0.58%
Honduras [+]201920
22
0.09%
Croatia [+]2019124
146
0.20%
Haiti [+]2019-279
-312
-2.11%
Hungary [+]2019-3,000
-3,411
-2.00%
Indonesia [+]2019-22,289
-24,955
-2.23%
Israel [+]2019-13,843
-15,499
-3.85%
India [+]2019-189,515
-212,180
-7.49%
Iraq [+]20191,763
1,973
0.85%
Iran [+]2019-26,088
-29,208
-4.48%
Iceland [+]2019-351
-376
-1.60%
Jamaica [+]2019130
145
0.92%
Jordan [+]2019-2,394
-2,680
-6.01%
Kenya [+]2019-6,631
-7,424
-7.40%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2019-6
-7
-0.08%
Cambodia [+]2019717
803
2.96%
Kiribati [+]20195
6
3.09%
Comoros [+]2019-46
-52
-4.34%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2019-7
-7
-0.64%
South Korea [+]20195,484
6,140
0.37%
Kuwait [+]20193,510
3,929
2.89%
Kazakhstan [+]2019-924
-1,035
-0.57%
Laos [+]2019-561
-628
-3.34%
Lebanon [+]2019-4,718
-5,282
-10.38%
Saint Lucia [+]2019-66
-74
-3.53%
Sri Lanka [+]2019-5,978
-6,693
-7.52%
Liberia [+]2019-132
-148
-4.81%
Lesotho [+]2019-153
-171
-7.45%
Lithuania [+]2019239
144
0.50%
Luxembourg [+]20191,387
1,614
2.20%
Latvia [+]2019-149
-131
-0.50%
Libya [+]20197,378
8,260
11.93%
Morocco [+]2019-4,089
-4,578
-3.55%
Moldova [+]2019-154
-172
-1.47%
Montenegro [+]2019-88
-99
-1.77%
Madagascar [+]2019-179
-200
-1.42%
Marshall Islands [+]2019-4
-4
-1.78%
North Macedonia [+]2019-222
-248
-1.97%
Mali [+]2019-260
-291
-1.68%
Myanmar [+]2019-2,401
-2,688
-3.91%
Mongolia [+]2019127
142
1.00%
Mauritania [+]2019187
209
2.59%
Malta [+]2019108
92
0.80%
Mauritius [+]2019-971
-1,088
-8.43%
Maldives [+]2019-334
-374
-6.68%
Malawi [+]2019-448
-502
-4.55%
Mexico [+]2019-26,394
-29,551
-2.33%
Malaysia [+]2019-6,557
-7,341
-2.01%
Mozambique [+]201915
17
0.11%
Namibia [+]2019-615
-689
-5.49%
Niger [+]2019-411
-460
-3.56%
Nigeria [+]2019-18,773
-21,019
-4.69%
Nicaragua [+]2019-30
-33
-0.26%
Netherlands [+]201914,628
15,668
1.80%
Norway [+]201923,816
26,660
6.50%
Nepal [+]2019-1,523
-1,705
-4.99%
Nauru [+]201931
35
29.86%
New Zealand [+]2019-4,656
-5,212
-2.47%
Oman [+]2019-3,798
-4,252
-4.83%
Panama [+]2019-2,031
-2,274
-3.40%
Peru [+]2019-2,814
-3,151
-1.36%
Papua New Guinea [+]2019-980
-1,097
-4.43%
Philippines [+]2019-5,580
-6,247
-1.66%
Pakistan [+]2019-22,337
-25,009
-7.79%
Poland [+]2019-3,958
-4,401
-0.70%
State of Palestine [+]2019-685
-767
-4.48%
Palau [+]2019-1
-1
-0.38%
Paraguay [+]2019-1,271
-1,423
-3.76%
Qatar [+]20197,739
8,664
4.91%
Romania [+]2019-9,688
-12,304
-4.30%
Serbia [+]2019-2
-2
-0.01%
Russia [+]201929,226
32,721
1.93%
Rwanda [+]2019-469
-525
-5.07%
Saudi Arabia [+]2019-31,477
-35,241
-4.39%
Solomon Islands [+]2019-23
-26
-1.58%
Seychelles [+]201913
15
0.87%
Sudan [+]2019-3,238
-3,626
-10.80%
Sweden [+]20192,564
3,013
0.50%
Singapore [+]201912,661
14,176
3.78%
Slovenia [+]2019348
228
0.70%
Slovakia [+]2019-1,140
-1,365
-1.20%
Sierra Leone [+]2019-114
-127
-3.13%
San Marino [+]2019-2
-2
-0.11%
Senegal [+]2019-805
-902
-3.85%
Somalia [+]201921
24
0.37%
Suriname [+]2019-779
-872
-21.89%
South Sudan [+]20191
1
0.02%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]20190
0
-0.06%
El Salvador [+]2019-737
-825
-3.07%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2019-269
-301
-6.69%
Chad [+]2019-17
-19
-0.17%
Togo [+]2019104
117
1.61%
Thailand [+]2019-3,943
-4,415
-0.82%
Tajikistan [+]2019-152
-170
-2.05%
Timor-Leste [+]2019-555
-517
-25.25%
Turkmenistan [+]2019-161
-181
-0.34%
Tunisia [+]2019-1,349
-1,510
-3.61%
Tonga [+]201915
16
3.17%
Türkiye [+]2019-32,262
-36,120
-4.76%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2019-784
-878
-3.68%
Tuvalu [+]2019-1
-1
-1.06%
Taiwan [+]2019-9,698
-10,858
-1.78%
Tanzania [+]2019-1,075
-1,204
-1.98%
Ukraine [+]2019-2,651
-2,968
-1.93%
Uganda [+]2019-1,639
-1,835
-4.82%
Uruguay [+]2019-1,503
-1,683
-2.76%
Uzbekistan [+]2019-175
-195
-0.33%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2019-22
-24
-2.69%
Venezuela [+]2017-23,598
-26,649
-13.27%
Viet Nam [+]2019-1,176
-1,316
-0.40%
Vanuatu [+]201923
26
2.81%
Samoa [+]201912
14
1.51%
Yemen [+]2019-1,151
-1,288
-5.89%
South Africa [+]2019-16,341
-18,295
-4.71%
Zambia [+]2019-1,959
-2,193
-9.41%
Zimbabwe [+]2019-205
-1,870
-1.00%

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.