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CountriesDateDeficit (M.€)Deficit ($M)Deficit (%GDP)
United States [+]2021-2,119,146
-2,508,066
-10.91%
United Kingdom [+]2021-215,071
-254,542
-7.99%
Germany [+]2021-129,741
-158,891
-3.60%
France [+]2021-165,149
-190,163
-6.60%
Japan [+]2021-260,450
-308,249
-6.15%
Spain [+]2021-82,262
-98,018
-6.73%
Italy [+]2021-159,169
-150,768
-8.70%
Portugal [+]2021-6,215
-7,074
-2.90%
Greece [+]2021-12,676
-17,207
-7.00%
Ireland [+]2021-6,565
-8,333
-1.50%
Andorra [+]2021-65
-77
-2.30%
United Arab Emirates [+]20217,598
8,992
2.14%
Afghanistan [+]2021-42
-49
-0.33%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]2021-61
-73
-4.64%
Albania [+]2021-698
-826
-4.59%
Armenia [+]2021-540
-639
-4.59%
Angola [+]20212,394
2,833
3.77%
Argentina [+]2021-17,794
-21,060
-4.33%
Austria [+]2021-23,380
-27,793
-5.80%
Australia [+]2021-89,171
-105,536
-6.45%
Azerbaijan [+]20211,885
2,231
4.08%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]2021148
175
0.75%
Barbados [+]2021-207
-246
-4.83%
Bangladesh [+]2021-12,681
-15,008
-3.61%
Belgium [+]2021-27,456
-33,097
-5.40%
Burkina Faso [+]2021-1,026
-1,215
-6.36%
Bulgaria [+]2021-2,799
-2,366
-3.90%
Bahrain [+]2021-3,647
-4,317
-10.99%
Burundi [+]2021-149
-176
-5.25%
Benin [+]2021-854
-1,010
-5.71%
Brunei [+]2021-949
-1,123
-8.02%
Bolivia [+]2021-3,208
-3,797
-9.33%
Brazil [+]2021-60,011
-71,025
-4.42%
Bahamas [+]2021-1,128
-1,335
-13.57%
Bhutan [+]20213
3
0.13%
Botswana [+]2021-407
-481
-2.65%
Belarus [+]2021-1,001
-1,185
-1.74%
Belize [+]2021-39
-47
-1.93%
Canada [+]2021-84,657
-100,194
-5.04%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]2021-959
-1,135
-1.98%
Central African Republic [+]2021-131
-156
-6.02%
Republic of the Congo [+]2021184
218
1.73%
Switzerland [+]2021-2,153
-5,977
-0.30%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]2021-2,991
-3,540
-4.93%
Chile [+]2021-20,036
-23,713
-7.49%
Cameroon [+]2021-911
-1,078
-2.37%
China [+]2021-907,085
-1,073,557
-6.05%
Colombia [+]2021-18,174
-21,509
-6.84%
Costa Rica [+]2021-2,793
-3,306
-5.13%
Cabo Verde [+]2021-130
-154
-7.47%
Cyprus [+]2021-455
-460
-1.80%
Czechia [+]2021-12,181
-16,579
-5.10%
Djibouti [+]2021-97
-114
-3.39%
Denmark [+]202113,913
10,376
4.10%
Dominica [+]202124
29
5.00%
Dominican Republic [+]2021-2,339
-2,768
-2.92%
Algeria [+]2021-9,924
-11,745
-7.22%
Ecuador [+]2021-1,334
-1,579
-1.49%
Estonia [+]2021-767
-853
-2.50%
Egypt [+]2021-24,876
-29,442
-6.96%
Eritrea [+]2020-81
-92
-4.36%
Ethiopia [+]2021-2,321
-2,747
-2.77%
Finland [+]2021-7,030
-7,844
-2.80%
Fiji [+]2021-513
-607
-13.61%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]202115
18
4.52%
Gabon [+]2021-317
-375
-1.85%
Grenada [+]20213
4
0.33%
Georgia [+]2021-951
-1,126
-6.02%
Ghana [+]2021-7,651
-9,055
-11.44%
The Gambia [+]2021-79
-94
-4.60%
Guinea [+]2021-235
-279
-1.73%
Equatorial Guinea [+]2021274
324
2.64%
Guatemala [+]2021-861
-1,019
-1.19%
Guinea-Bissau [+]2021-86
-101
-5.87%
Guyana [+]2021-475
-562
-7.29%
Hong Kong [+]2021459
543
0.14%
Honduras [+]2021-756
-894
-3.14%
Croatia [+]2021-1,487
-1,956
-2.50%
Haiti [+]2021-449
-532
-2.53%
Hungary [+]2021-11,018
-12,347
-7.20%
Indonesia [+]2021-46,328
-54,830
-4.62%
Israel [+]2021-15,173
-17,958
-3.67%
India [+]2021-255,494
-302,383
-9.60%
Iraq [+]2021-1,476
-1,747
-0.85%
Iran [+]2021-57,780
-68,384
-4.30%
Iceland [+]2021-1,822
-2,185
-8.30%
Jamaica [+]2021102
120
0.76%
Jordan [+]2021-2,960
-3,503
-7.75%
Kenya [+]2021-7,485
-8,858
-8.02%
Kyrgyzstan [+]2021-29
-34
-0.40%
Cambodia [+]2021-1,588
-1,879
-7.07%
Kiribati [+]2021-22
-26
-11.20%
Comoros [+]2021-30
-36
-2.78%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]202141
48
5.62%
South Korea [+]2021-306
-362
-0.02%
Kuwait [+]2021-401
-474
-0.35%
Kazakhstan [+]2021-8,271
-9,789
-4.97%
Laos [+]2021-202
-239
-1.29%
Lebanon [+]2021111
131
0.64%
Saint Lucia [+]2021-96
-114
-6.46%
Sri Lanka [+]2021-8,748
-10,354
-11.64%
Liberia [+]2021-74
-88
-2.50%
Lesotho [+]2021-92
-109
-4.42%
Lithuania [+]2021-648
-657
-1.10%
Luxembourg [+]2021391
614
0.50%
Latvia [+]2021-2,396
-2,160
-7.20%
Libya [+]20213,714
4,396
11.27%
Morocco [+]2021-7,172
-8,488
-5.94%
Moldova [+]2021-303
-358
-2.62%
Montenegro [+]2021-85
-101
-1.71%
Madagascar [+]2021-347
-410
-2.87%
Marshall Islands [+]20212
2
0.74%
North Macedonia [+]2021-629
-745
-5.36%
Mali [+]2021-802
-949
-4.96%
Myanmar [+]2020-3,994
-4,559
-5.61%
Mongolia [+]2021-405
-480
-3.14%
Mauritania [+]2021234
277
2.80%
Malta [+]2021-1,166
-1,375
-7.60%
Mauritius [+]2021-605
-716
-6.06%
Maldives [+]2021-628
-743
-13.78%
Malawi [+]2021-907
-1,074
-8.95%
Mexico [+]2021-41,679
-49,328
-3.80%
Malaysia [+]2021-17,198
-20,354
-5.46%
Mozambique [+]2021-487
-576
-3.65%
Namibia [+]2021-949
-1,123
-9.12%
Niger [+]2021-745
-882
-5.89%
Nigeria [+]2021-22,487
-26,613
-6.03%
Nicaragua [+]2021-140
-166
-1.17%
Netherlands [+]2021-19,466
-25,905
-2.20%
Norway [+]202143,760
43,933
10.30%
Nepal [+]2021-1,242
-1,469
-3.98%
Nauru [+]202149
58
43.75%
New Zealand [+]2021-7,470
-8,841
-3.55%
Oman [+]2021-2,351
-2,783
-3.24%
Panama [+]2021-3,580
-4,237
-6.66%
Peru [+]2021-4,864
-5,757
-2.55%
Papua New Guinea [+]2021-1,510
-1,787
-6.79%
Philippines [+]2021-21,510
-25,458
-6.46%
Pakistan [+]2021-17,788
-21,052
-6.05%
Poland [+]2021-10,567
-12,692
-1.80%
State of Palestine [+]2021-797
-943
-5.23%
Palau [+]2021-31
-37
-16.86%
Paraguay [+]2021-2,018
-2,389
-6.15%
Qatar [+]20216,668
7,892
4.39%
Romania [+]2021-17,288
-19,489
-7.20%
Serbia [+]2021-1,764
-2,088
-3.31%
Russia [+]202111,995
14,197
0.80%
Rwanda [+]2021-654
-775
-7.00%
Saudi Arabia [+]2021-16,549
-19,586
-2.35%
Solomon Islands [+]2021-47
-56
-3.61%
Seychelles [+]2021-72
-85
-5.83%
Sudan [+]2021-84
-99
-0.29%
Sweden [+]202122
-405
0%
Singapore [+]2021-646
-764
-0.19%
Slovenia [+]2021-2,396
-3,201
-4.60%
Slovakia [+]2021-5,195
-7,069
-5.20%
Sierra Leone [+]2021-256
-303
-7.32%
San Marino [+]2021-258
-305
-16.42%
Senegal [+]2021-1,471
-1,741
-6.30%
Somalia [+]2021-71
-84
-1.10%
Suriname [+]2021-183
-217
-7.61%
South Sudan [+]2021-470
-556
-9.37%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]202025
28
5.92%
El Salvador [+]2021-1,357
-1,606
-5.59%
Syria [+]2009-1,120
-1,560
-2.89%
Eswatini [+]2021-188
-223
-4.61%
Chad [+]2021-180
-213
-1.81%
Togo [+]2021-328
-388
-4.65%
Thailand [+]2021-29,701
-35,152
-7.03%
Tajikistan [+]2021-50
-60
-0.67%
Timor-Leste [+]2021-1,384
-705
-19.47%
Turkmenistan [+]2021180
213
0.34%
Tunisia [+]2021-3,005
-3,556
-7.59%
Tonga [+]2021-4
-4
-0.96%
Türkiye [+]2021-26,651
-31,542
-3.86%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]2021-1,830
-2,165
-9.28%
Tuvalu [+]2021-7
-8
-13.85%
Taiwan [+]2021-3,368
-3,987
-0.52%
Tanzania [+]2021-1,841
-2,179
-3.10%
Ukraine [+]2021-5,612
-6,642
-3.33%
Uganda [+]2021-2,810
-3,326
-7.74%
Uruguay [+]2021-1,352
-1,600
-2.70%
Uzbekistan [+]2021-2,733
-3,235
-4.67%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2021-54
-64
-7.25%
Venezuela [+]2017-23,598
-26,649
-13.27%
Viet Nam [+]2021-10,726
-12,694
-3.47%
Vanuatu [+]2020-17
-20
-1.97%
Samoa [+]202112
15
1.74%
Yemen [+]2021-149
-177
-0.92%
South Africa [+]2021-21,367
-25,288
-6.04%
Zambia [+]2021-1,519
-1,798
-8.43%
Zimbabwe [+]2021-658
-68,927
-2.16%

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.