Government budget deficit

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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2020-2,653,019
-3,027,843
-14.49%
United Kingdom [+]2020-308,469
-352,050
-12.76%
Germany [+]2020-147,698
-168,401
-4.30%
France [+]2020-207,084
-233,978
-8.90%
Japan [+]2020-395,306
-451,156
-8.97%
Spain [+]2020-113,199
-131,476
-10.12%
Italy [+]2020-155,845
-181,489
-9.40%
Portugal [+]2020-11,669
-13,336
-5.80%
Greece [+]2020-16,128
-20,641
-9.80%
Ireland [+]2020-18,704
-21,703
-5.00%
Andorra [+]2020-75
-85
-2.96%
United Arab Emirates [+]2020-16,324
-18,630
-5.19%
Afghanistan [+]2020-396
-452
-2.24%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2020-76
-87
-6.36%
Albania [+]2020-892
-1,018
-6.71%
Armenia [+]2020-598
-683
-5.40%
Angola [+]2020-967
-1,103
-1.90%
Argentina [+]2020-29,278
-33,414
-8.59%
Austria [+]2020-30,437
-34,828
-8.00%
Australia [+]2020-104,178
-118,897
-8.76%
Azerbaijan [+]2020-2,499
-2,852
-6.68%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2020-818
-934
-4.68%
Barbados [+]2020-188
-215
-4.75%
Bangladesh [+]2020-15,858
-18,099
-4.84%
Belgium [+]2020-41,319
-47,158
-9.00%
Burkina Faso [+]2020-867
-990
-5.70%
Bulgaria [+]2020-2,347
-2,061
-3.80%
Bahrain [+]2020-5,434
-6,202
-17.86%
Burundi [+]2020-178
-203
-6.59%
Benin [+]2020-643
-734
-4.68%
Brunei [+]2020-1,659
-1,893
-15.77%
Bolivia [+]2020-4,113
-4,694
-12.72%
Brazil [+]2020-169,219
-193,127
-13.33%
Bahamas [+]2020-724
-826
-7.30%
Bhutan [+]2020-36
-41
-1.69%
Botswana [+]2020-1,498
-1,709
-11.06%
Belarus [+]2020-1,542
-1,760
-2.87%
Belize [+]2020-129
-147
-7.28%
Canada [+]2020-163,787
-186,927
-11.36%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2020-608
-694
-1.43%
Central African Republic [+]2020-70
-80
-3.36%
Republic of the Congo [+]2020-111
-127
-1.23%
Switzerland [+]2020-19,907
-22,344
-3.10%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2020-2,997
-3,420
-5.57%
Chile [+]2020-15,793
-18,024
-7.14%
Cameroon [+]2020-1,142
-1,303
-3.19%
China [+]2020-1,265,561
-1,444,362
-9.72%
Colombia [+]2020-16,528
-18,863
-6.98%
Costa Rica [+]2020-4,597
-5,246
-8.44%
Cabo Verde [+]2020-149
-170
-9.09%
Cyprus [+]2020-1,251
-1,421
-5.70%
Czechia [+]2020-12,444
-14,184
-5.80%
Djibouti [+]2020-48
-55
-1.73%
Denmark [+]20201,183
763
0.40%
Dominica [+]2020-36
-41
-7.81%
Dominican Republic [+]2020-5,467
-6,239
-7.91%
Algeria [+]2020-15,186
-17,331
-11.96%
Ecuador [+]2020-6,198
-7,074
-7.13%
Estonia [+]2020-1,490
-1,714
-5.40%
Egypt [+]2020-25,033
-28,569
-7.47%
Eritrea [+]2020-81
-92
-4.36%
Ethiopia [+]2020-2,340
-2,671
-2.76%
Finland [+]2020-13,260
-14,969
-5.60%
Fiji [+]2020-343
-391
-8.00%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]202022
25
6.11%
Gabon [+]2020-295
-336
-2.19%
Grenada [+]202011
13
1.21%
Georgia [+]2020-1,285
-1,466
-9.26%
Ghana [+]2020-9,379
-10,705
-15.29%
The Gambia [+]2020-34
-39
-2.18%
Guinea [+]2020-387
-442
-3.12%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2020-154
-175
-1.74%
Guatemala [+]2020-3,343
-3,816
-4.92%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2020-129
-147
-9.64%
Guyana [+]2020-379
-433
-7.91%
Hong Kong [+]2020-28,446
-32,465
-9.23%
Honduras [+]2020-972
-1,109
-4.66%
Croatia [+]2020-3,685
-4,190
-7.20%
Haiti [+]2020-305
-348
-2.40%
Hungary [+]2020-10,427
-12,210
-7.60%
Indonesia [+]2020-56,886
-64,923
-6.11%
Israel [+]2020-38,614
-44,069
-10.66%
India [+]2020-298,185
-340,313
-12.76%
Iraq [+]2020-19,027
-21,715
-12.82%
Iran [+]2020-49,069
-56,002
-5.77%
Iceland [+]2020-1,686
-1,936
-8.90%
Jamaica [+]2020-374
-427
-3.06%
Jordan [+]2020-3,294
-3,759
-8.59%
Kenya [+]2020-7,190
-8,205
-8.13%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2020-222
-254
-3.26%
Cambodia [+]2020-768
-876
-3.48%
Kiribati [+]20206
7
3.71%
Comoros [+]2020-5
-6
-0.51%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2020-23
-27
-2.73%
South Korea [+]2020-32,180
-36,727
-2.23%
Kuwait [+]2020-11,940
-13,627
-12.86%
Kazakhstan [+]2020-10,549
-12,039
-7.04%
Laos [+]2020-908
-1,036
-5.59%
Lebanon [+]2020-756
-863
-3.53%
Saint Lucia [+]2020-162
-185
-11.87%
Sri Lanka [+]2020-9,019
-10,293
-12.06%
Liberia [+]2020-103
-117
-3.84%
Lesotho [+]20204
4
0.22%
Lithuania [+]2020-3,237
-4,106
-6.50%
Luxembourg [+]2020-2,206
-2,506
-3.40%
Latvia [+]2020-1,319
-1,283
-4.40%
Libya [+]2020-9,152
-10,445
-22.28%
Morocco [+]2020-7,600
-8,673
-7.15%
Moldova [+]2020-537
-613
-5.32%
Montenegro [+]2020-458
-523
-10.93%
Madagascar [+]2020-452
-516
-3.96%
Marshall Islands [+]20205
6
2.40%
North Macedonia [+]2020-873
-997
-8.21%
Mali [+]2020-831
-948
-5.42%
Myanmar [+]2020-3,994
-4,559
-5.61%
Mongolia [+]2020-1,078
-1,230
-9.24%
Mauritania [+]2020206
236
2.74%
Malta [+]2020-1,253
-1,413
-9.40%
Mauritius [+]2020-1,062
-1,212
-10.95%
Maldives [+]2020-769
-878
-23.51%
Malawi [+]2020-849
-969
-8.18%
Mexico [+]2020-42,141
-48,095
-4.41%
Malaysia [+]2020-13,664
-15,595
-4.62%
Mozambique [+]2020-668
-762
-5.38%
Namibia [+]2020-748
-854
-8.07%
Niger [+]2020-644
-734
-5.34%
Nigeria [+]2020-20,988
-23,954
-5.58%
Nicaragua [+]2020-243
-278
-2.21%
Netherlands [+]2020-29,588
-33,766
-3.70%
Norway [+]2020-8,263
-10,193
-2.60%
Nepal [+]2020-1,587
-1,811
-5.36%
Nauru [+]202036
41
35.69%
New Zealand [+]2020-7,447
-8,499
-4.04%
Oman [+]2020-10,426
-11,899
-16.08%
Panama [+]2020-4,899
-5,591
-10.36%
Peru [+]2020-15,010
-17,131
-8.32%
Papua New Guinea [+]2020-1,850
-2,111
-8.56%
Philippines [+]2020-18,160
-20,726
-5.73%
Pakistan [+]2020-18,509
-21,124
-7.03%
Poland [+]2020-36,486
-41,459
-6.90%
State of Palestine [+]2020-1,003
-1,145
-7.37%
Palau [+]2020-22
-25
-9.78%
Paraguay [+]2020-2,222
-2,536
-7.16%
Qatar [+]20201,686
1,925
1.33%
Romania [+]2020-20,434
-24,468
-9.30%
Serbia [+]2020-3,384
-3,863
-7.24%
Russia [+]2020-52,009
-59,357
-4.00%
Rwanda [+]2020-851
-971
-9.53%
Saudi Arabia [+]2020-68,719
-78,427
-11.15%
Solomon Islands [+]2020-33
-37
-2.44%
Seychelles [+]2020-183
-209
-16.54%
Sudan [+]2020-1,787
-2,040
-5.92%
Sweden [+]2020-13,556
-15,266
-2.80%
Singapore [+]2020-21,030
-24,002
-6.91%
Slovenia [+]2020-3,597
-4,239
-7.60%
Slovakia [+]2020-4,999
-5,746
-5.30%
Sierra Leone [+]2020-205
-234
-5.76%
San Marino [+]2020-508
-580
-37.59%
Senegal [+]2020-1,377
-1,571
-6.41%
Somalia [+]202022
25
0.36%
Suriname [+]2020-306
-350
-12.13%
South Sudan [+]2020-261
-298
-5.57%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]202025
28
5.92%
El Salvador [+]2020-1,768
-2,018
-8.22%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2020-161
-184
-4.54%
Chad [+]2020194
222
2.07%
Togo [+]2020-457
-522
-6.88%
Thailand [+]2020-20,937
-23,895
-4.71%
Tajikistan [+]2020-309
-353
-4.34%
Timor-Leste [+]2020-490
-409
-18.94%
Turkmenistan [+]2020-63
-72
-0.14%
Tunisia [+]2020-3,372
-3,849
-9.05%
Tonga [+]202023
26
5.38%
Türkiye [+]2020-32,317
-36,883
-5.12%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2020-2,233
-2,549
-11.57%
Tuvalu [+]20206
7
13.88%
Taiwan [+]2020-17,137
-19,558
-2.92%
Tanzania [+]2020-1,413
-1,612
-2.50%
Ukraine [+]2020-8,111
-9,257
-5.92%
Uganda [+]2020-2,455
-2,802
-7.47%
Uruguay [+]2020-2,196
-2,507
-4.67%
Uzbekistan [+]2020-1,717
-1,960
-3.27%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2020-40
-46
-5.29%
Venezuela [+]2017-23,598
-26,649
-13.27%
Viet Nam [+]2020-8,682
-9,909
-2.89%
Vanuatu [+]2020-17
-20
-1.97%
Samoa [+]202041
47
5.41%
Yemen [+]2020-790
-902
-4.78%
South Africa [+]2020-28,604
-32,645
-9.67%
Zambia [+]2020-2,187
-2,496
-13.78%
Zimbabwe [+]2020177
10,364
0.75%

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.