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Percentage of Public Deficit/Surplus in GDP Around the World

Government deficit or surplus is the difference between government receipts (mainly tax revenue) and government spending (i.e. salaries of government employees, social benefits, interest on the public debt) in a single year.

IMF Survey
*Values expressed as a percentage.

Country
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Afghanistan 0.9 -0.6 0.2 -0.6 -0.5 -0.8
Albania -4.3 -3.6 -3.5 -5.2 -6.7 -5.9
Algeria -0.4 -0.4 -4.1 -0.9 -4.5 -4.6
Angola 3.5 8.7 4.6 0.3 -4.1 -4.1
Antigua and Barbuda -0.3 -3.6 -1.2 -4.2 -1.3 0.3
Argentina -1.1 -2.8 -3.2 -2.8 -4.5 -5.5
Armenia -5.0 -2.9 -1.6 -1.7 -1.7 -2.0
Australia -5.1 -4.5 -3.5 -3.5 -3.3 -1.8
Austria -4.5 -2.4 -2.6 -1.5 -3.0 -1.5
Azerbaijan 14.0 11.6 3.8 1.4 0.3 -1.8
The Bahamas -4.3 -4.6 -5.6 -6.6 -5.2 -4.5
Bahrain -5.8 -1.5 -3.2 -4.3 -4.8 -5.7
Bangladesh -2.7 -3.6 -3.0 -3.4 -2.7 -3.3
Barbados -7.9 -3.6 -8.5 -13.0 -9.1 -7.7
Belarus -0.5 4.2 1.7 -0.9 -3.3 -3.6
Belgium -4.0 -4.0 -4.1 -2.7 -2.6 -2.2
Belize -1.7 -1.1 -0.5 -2.3 -1.7 -1.7
Benin -0.4 -1.4 -0.3 -2.1 -1.4 -1.3
Bhutan 1.6 -2.1 -1.3 -4.0 -3.8 -2.4
Bolivia 1.7 0.8 1.8 0.7 -0.4 0.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina -3.5 -2.8 -2.7 -1.9 -4.1 -2.7
Botswana -7.5 -0.1 0.8 0.3 0.9 2.0
Brazil -2.8 -2.6 -2.8 -3.3 -3.9 -3.1
Brunei Darussalam 8.4 28.1 16.9 16.8 20.4 16.7
Bulgaria -4.0 -2.0 -0.5 -1.9 -2.7 -2.0
Burkina Faso -3.0 -1.4 -3.1 -4.0 -2.9 -3.0
Burundi -3.6 -3.9 -3.7 -1.7 -1.7 -2.1
Cabo Verde -10.7 -7.7 -10.3 -9.0 -9.6 -10.3
Cambodia -2.8 -4.1 -3.8 -2.7 -2.8 -2.3
Cameroon -1.1 -2.6 -1.6 -4.0 -5.0 -5.3
Canada -4.9 -3.7 -3.4 -3.0 -2.6 -2.1
Central African Republic -1.4 -2.4 0.0 -6.4 1.0 -6.4
Chad -4.2 2.4 0.5 -2.0 0.0 -1.4
Chile -0.4 1.4 0.7 -0.7 -1.8 -1.2
China -1.2 0.6 0.2 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8
Colombia -3.3 -2.0 0.1 -0.9 -1.5 -1.3
Comoros 7.0 1.4 3.2 15.5 -0.8 -2.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.7 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 -2.1 -1.6
Republic of Congo 16.1 16.5 6.4 8.5 5.2 5.8
Costa Rica -5.4 -4.3 -4.6 -5.6 -6.3 -6.5
CÙte d'Ivoire -1.8 -5.4 -3.1 -2.3 -2.3 -3.1
Croatia -4.5 -4.6 -3.3 -5.5 -4.7 -2.9
Cyprus -5.3 -6.3 -6.4 -4.9 -4.4 -3.9
Czech Republic -4.8 -3.3 -4.2 -1.5 -1.2 -1.4
Denmark -2.7 -2.0 -3.9 -0.9 -1.4 -3.0
Djibouti -1.3 -1.4 -2.7 -5.9 -7.3 -10.5
Dominica -3.5 -4.4 -5.4 -2.7 -2.6 -2.4
Dominican Republic -2.7 -3.0 -6.6 -3.6 -2.9 -3.2
Ecuador -1.3 0.0 -1.1 -4.7 -4.3 -4.6
Egypt -8.3 -9.8 -10.5 -14.1 -12.2 -11.5
El Salvador -4.4 -4.1 -3.9 -3.7 -4.2 -4.5
Equatorial Guinea -6.4 1.1 -9.8 -7.8 -6.8 -3.9
Eritrea -16.0 -16.2 -13.5 -12.5 -11.6 -12.1
Estonia 0.2 1.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3
Ethiopia -1.3 -1.6 -1.2 -2.0 -2.7 -3.0
Fiji -2.2 -1.4 -1.1 -0.5 -2.1 -2.6
Finland -2.7 -1.0 -2.2 -2.3 -2.4 -1.4
France -6.8 -5.1 -4.9 -4.2 -4.4 -4.3
Gabon 2.7 2.4 1.5 1.6 5.9 -2.0
The Gambia -5.4 -4.7 -4.4 -8.4 -4.6 -2.5
Georgia -4.8 -0.9 -0.8 -1.2 -2.9 -2.3
Germany -4.2 -0.8 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
Ghana -9.4 -5.2 -12.1 -10.0 -7.8 -6.5
Greece -11.0 -9.6 -6.4 -3.2 -2.7 -1.9
Grenada -3.1 -4.7 -5.4 -7.1 -6.0 -3.0
Guatemala -3.3 -2.8 -2.4 -2.1 -2.1 -2.2
Guinea -14.0 -1.3 -3.3 -5.2 -5.9 -2.7
Guinea-Bissau 1.4 -1.0 -2.6 -2.2 -1.9 -2.6
Guyana -2.7 -3.0 -4.7 -4.4 -3.6 -3.2
Haiti 1.1 -3.6 -4.8 -6.7 -5.6 -4.7
Honduras -2.8 -2.8 -4.2 -7.6 -6.0 -5.2
Hong Kong SAR 4.2 3.9 3.2 0.8 2.6 0.5
Hungary -4.4 4.2 -2.0 -2.4 -2.9 -2.8
Iceland -10.1 -5.6 -3.8 -2.1 1.9 -0.5
India -8.4 -8.0 -7.4 -7.2 -7.2 -6.7
Indonesia -1.3 -0.6 -1.7 -2.1 -2.5 -2.3
Islamic Republic of Iran 3.0 0.2 -0.3 -1.0 -2.1 -2.2
Iraq -4.2 4.7 4.1 -5.9 -3.0 -0.6
Ireland -29.3 -12.5 -7.8 -6.7 -4.2 -2.8
Israel -4.6 -3.9 -5.1 -3.2 -2.9 -2.9
Italy -4.4 -3.6 -2.9 -3.0 -3.0 -2.3
Jamaica -6.3 -6.4 -4.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.3
Japan -9.3 -9.8 -8.7 -8.2 -7.1 -5.8
Jordan -5.6 -6.8 -8.5 -11.4 -10.3 -6.0
Kazakhstan 1.5 6.0 4.5 5.0 3.8 3.2
Kenya -4.4 -4.0 -5.0 -5.7 -6.0 -5.8
Kiribati -12.7 -21.2 -6.7 10.3 -25.8 -20.4
Korea 1.5 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.8
Kosovo -2.2 -1.8 -2.6 -3.1 -2.2 -4.3
Kuwait 25.5 34.8 36.0 32.2 28.8 26.3
Kyrgyz Republic -5.8 -4.6 -5.7 -3.8 -4.4 -3.2
Lao P.D.R. -3.2 -1.7 -0.5 -5.6 -4.6 -3.7
Latvia -7.3 -3.2 0.1 -1.1 -0.8 -0.7
Lebanon -7.6 -5.9 -8.6 -9.2 -11.1 -12.0
Lesotho -5.0 -10.6 5.0 -1.2 -1.8 -1.2
Liberia -5.7 -3.1 -1.7 -2.5 -10.4 -9.6
Libya 11.6 -15.9 27.8 -4.0 -52.1 -30.2
Lithuania -7.2 -5.5 -3.3 -2.2 -2.2 -1.7
Luxembourg -0.8 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 -1.5
FYR Macedonia -2.4 -2.5 -3.9 -4.1 -3.5 -3.2
Madagascar -0.9 -2.4 -2.6 -5.1 -2.1 -2.3
Malawi 2.6 -5.2 -2.6 -5.5 -5.0 -3.3
Malaysia -4.7 -3.7 -3.6 -4.6 -3.6 -2.7
Maldives -16.3 -8.7 -9.4 -11.9 -19.2 -15.7
Mali -2.9 -4.1 -1.2 -2.7 -4.3 -3.4
Malta -3.5 -2.7 -3.3 -2.8 -2.7 -2.4
Marshall Islands 3.5 2.2 -0.8 -0.8 -0.2 -2.2
Mauritania -2.0 -1.5 2.8 -1.1 0.1 0.2
Mauritius -3.2 -3.2 -1.8 -3.5 -2.8 -3.5
Mexico -4.3 -3.3 -3.7 -3.8 -4.2 -4.0
Micronesia 0.5 -0.6 0.8 2.5 3.8 3.7
Moldova -2.5 -2.4 -2.2 -1.8 -1.7 -5.4
Mongolia 0.5 -4.8 -11.9 -9.7 -11.1 -7.4
Montenegro -4.6 -5.2 -5.9 -3.2 -1.5 -6.6
Morocco -4.4 -6.7 -7.4 -5.5 -5.0 -4.3
Mozambique -4.3 -5.1 -4.0 -2.7 -9.2 -7.4
Myanmar -5.4 -4.6 -1.7 -1.6 -4.5 -4.6
Namibia -4.6 -6.6 -1.4 -4.7 -6.0 -5.1
Nepal -0.8 -1.0 -0.6 2.1 2.2 0.9
Netherlands -4.7 -4.0 -3.7 -2.3 -2.5 -2.1
New Zealand -5.1 -4.9 -1.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.4
Nicaragua 0.1 0.8 0.2 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9
Niger -2.4 -1.5 -1.2 -2.6 -5.7 -5.5
Nigeria -4.2 0.5 0.4 -2.3 -1.7 -2.2
Norway 11.1 13.4 13.8 11.0 10.8 9.9
Oman 5.7 9.4 4.6 8.1 3.0 0.2
Pakistan -5.9 -6.9 -8.4 -8.1 -4.7 -4.4
Palau -0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 4.9 0.9
Panama -1.9 -2.1 -1.5 -3.0 -3.9 -2.0
Papua New Guinea 3.1 1.7 -3.2 -8.0 -7.2 -2.5
Paraguay 1.6 1.1 -1.2 -0.7 -0.7 0.1
Peru -0.1 2.0 2.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.1
Philippines -2.4 -0.4 -0.6 -0.1 -0.3 -1.0
Poland -7.9 -5.0 -3.9 -4.3 -3.2 -2.5
Portugal -9.9 -4.3 -6.5 -5.0 -4.0 -2.5
Qatar 2.5 6.5 9.6 15.4 11.4 9.0
Romania -6.4 -4.3 -2.5 -2.5 -2.2 -1.8
Russia -3.4 1.5 0.4 -1.3 -0.9 -1.1
Rwanda 0.4 -1.8 -1.6 -2.5 -2.0 -1.4
Samoa -5.8 -5.3 -7.2 -4.0 -2.6 -1.8
San Marino -2.0 -3.6 -2.0 -2.3 -1.3 -2.2
S„o TomÈ and PrÌncipe -11.5 -12.0 -10.7 1.6 -6.3 -6.0
Saudi Arabia 5.2 12.0 14.7 8.7 5.2 1.6
Senegal -5.2 -6.3 -5.6 -5.5 -5.0 -4.0
Serbia -3.9 -4.4 -7.2 -5.7 -8.8 -8.4
Seychelles 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.4 1.5 1.7
Sierra Leone -5.0 -4.6 -5.2 -2.4 -5.0 -5.3
Singapore 6.6 8.5 7.9 5.7 4.3 4.2
Slovak Republic -7.5 -4.8 -4.5 -2.8 -2.9 -2.3
Slovenia -5.2 -5.5 -3.1 -13.8 -5.0 -3.9
Solomon Islands 6.2 9.0 3.9 4.3 -1.6 -0.8
South Africa -4.9 -4.0 -4.3 -4.4 -4.9 -5.1
South Sudan n/a 4.3 -16.3 -6.9 -9.0 4.1
Spain -9.6 -9.6 -10.6 -7.1 -5.7 -4.7
Sri Lanka -8.0 -6.9 -6.5 -5.9 -5.2 -4.7
St. Kitts and Nevis -7.6 1.8 5.0 12.3 6.2 1.7
St. Lucia -4.9 -6.5 -9.3 -5.9 -6.2 -7.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines -3.9 -7.2 -2.1 -6.2 -6.7 -5.6
Sudan 0.3 0.2 -3.7 -2.3 -1.0 -1.2
Suriname -3.1 0.5 -4.0 -6.8 -3.5 -2.9
Swaziland -10.6 -4.6 4.4 0.3 -0.9 -3.4
Sweden 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -1.3 -2.0 -0.8
Switzerland 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7
Syria -7.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Taiwan Province of China -5.0 -4.0 -4.2 -3.1 -2.3 -2.1
Tajikistan -3.0 -2.1 0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -1.3
Tanzania -6.5 -5.0 -5.7 -5.9 -5.0 -4.4
Thailand -0.8 -0.6 -1.8 -0.2 -2.5 -2.6
Timor-Leste 39.7 43.2 52.0 39.7 23.5 28.8
Togo -2.5 -4.0 -7.2 -4.7 -5.0 -3.8
Tonga -3.8 -3.7 -1.3 0.6 0.7 -0.7
Trinidad and Tobago -3.8 -0.1 -0.3 -2.3 0.1 -2.0
Tunisia -0.9 -3.4 -5.2 -5.9 -4.4 -3.4
Turkey -3.4 -0.6 -1.4 -1.5 -2.0 -1.9
Turkmenistan 2.0 3.6 6.4 1.3 0.1 0.6
Tuvalu -23.8 -8.9 9.3 26.3 15.8 -4.4
Uganda -6.7 -3.1 -3.5 -3.5 -4.8 -3.0
Ukraine -5.8 -2.8 -4.3 -4.8 -5.8 -3.9
United Arab Emirates 4.6 11.2 13.7 10.7 10.5 10.3
United Kingdom -10.0 -7.8 -8.0 -5.8 -5.3 -4.1
United States -11.3 -9.9 -8.6 -5.8 -5.5 -4.3
Uruguay -1.5 -0.9 -2.8 -2.4 -3.5 -3.4
Uzbekistan 4.9 8.8 8.5 2.9 0.6 0.5
Vanuatu -2.5 -2.1 -1.6 -0.2 -3.0 -3.9
Venezuela -10.4 -11.6 -16.5 -14.9 -14.2 -14.9
Vietnam -2.8 -1.1 -6.8 -5.6 -6.6 -6.1
Yemen -4.1 -4.5 -6.3 -6.9 -5.4 -5.0
Zambia -2.4 -1.8 -3.2 -6.7 -5.2 -4.1
Zimbabwe 0.7 -1.3 -0.6 -1.9 -1.7 0.6

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