Hot countries Compared by Economy > Budget surplus > + or deficit > -

DEFINITION: This entry records the difference between national government revenues and expenditures, expressed as a percent of GDP. A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money. Countries with high budget deficits (relative to their GDPs) generally have more difficulty raising funds to finance expenditures, than those with lower deficits.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Kuwait	31.7% of GDP	2012
2	Libya	27.7% of GDP	2012
3	Macau	25.6% of GDP	2012
4	Qatar	14.4% of GDP	2012
5	Brunei	13.4% of GDP	2012
6	Saudi Arabia	13.1% of GDP	2012
7	Iraq	7% of GDP	2012
8	Angola	6.2% of GDP	2012
9	Hong Kong	3.1% of GDP	2012
10	Mauritania	2.9% of GDP	2012
11	Brazil	2.4% of GDP	2012
12	Seychelles	2.2% of GDP	2012
13	Singapore	2.1% of GDP	2012
=14	Gabon	2% of GDP	2012
=14	Solomon Islands	2% of GDP	2012
16	Bolivia	1.8% of GDP	2012
17	Comoros	1.5% of GDP	2012
18	Cook Islands	1% of GDP	2006
19	Botswana	0.8% of GDP	2012
20	Colombia	0.5% of GDP	2012
21	Marshall Islands	0.4% of GDP	2009
22	Swaziland	0.3% of GDP	2012
23	Nicaragua	-0.2% of GDP	2012
24	Oman	-0.3% of GDP	2012
25	Benin	-0.5% of GDP	2012
26	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.8% of GDP	2012
27	Equatorial Guinea	-0.9% of GDP	2012
28	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-1% of GDP	2012
=29	Belize	0.0	2012
=29	Tonga	0.0	2012
=31	Ecuador	-1.1% of GDP	2012
=31	Trinidad and Tobago	-1.1% of GDP	2012
33	Mali	-1.2% of GDP	2012
34	Laos	-1.4% of GDP	2012
35	Papua New Guinea	-1.6% of GDP	2012
=36	Madagascar	-1.7% of GDP	2012
=36	Fiji	-1.7% of GDP	2012
=36	Paraguay	-1.7% of GDP	2012
=39	Mauritius	-1.8% of GDP	2012
=39	Chad	-1.8% of GDP	2012
=41	Indonesia	-2.1% of GDP	2012
=41	Panama	-2.1% of GDP	2012
=41	Nigeria	-2.1% of GDP	2012
=44	Bahrain	-2.3% of GDP	2012
=44	Philippines	-2.3% of GDP	2012
=44	New Caledonia	-2.3% of GDP	2001
=47	Guatemala	-2.4% of GDP	2012
=47	Suriname	-2.4% of GDP	2010
=49	Bermuda	-2.5% of GDP	2012
=49	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-2.5% of GDP	2012
=51	Ethiopia	-2.7% of GDP	2012
=51	Liberia	-2.7% of GDP	2012
=51	Mexico	-2.7% of GDP	2012
=51	Niger	-2.7% of GDP	2012
=55	Djibouti	-2.8% of GDP	2012
=55	Saint Lucia	-2.8% of GDP	2011
=57	Cambodia	-2.9% of GDP	2012
=57	Uganda	-2.9% of GDP	2012
59	Guinea-Bissau	-3% of GDP	2012
60	Burkina Faso	-3.2% of GDP	2012
=61	Guinea	-3.4% of GDP	2012
=61	Australia	-3.4% of GDP	2012
=63	El Salvador	-3.5% of GDP	2012
=63	Cote d'Ivoire	-3.5% of GDP	2012
65	Cameroon	-3.6% of GDP	2012
=66	Cuba	-3.7% of GDP	2012
=66	Togo	-3.7% of GDP	2012
68	Tuvalu	-3.8% of GDP	2006
=69	Tanzania	-4.1% of GDP	2012
=69	Burma	-4.1% of GDP	2012
=71	Jamaica	-4.2% of GDP	2012
=71	Vietnam	-4.2% of GDP	2012
=71	Mozambique	-4.2% of GDP	2012
74	Thailand	-4.4% of GDP	2012
=75	Malaysia	-4.5% of GDP	2012
=75	Costa Rica	-4.5% of GDP	2012
=75	Samoa	-4.5% of GDP	2012
=78	Bangladesh	-4.7% of GDP	2012
=78	Algeria	-4.7% of GDP	2012
80	Zambia	-4.9% of GDP	2012
=81	Anguilla	-5% of GDP	2012
=81	India	-5% of GDP	2012
=81	Guyana	-5% of GDP	2012
84	Kenya	-5.1% of GDP	2012
85	Grenada	-5.2% of GDP	2009
86	Sierra Leone	-5.3% of GDP	2012
87	Senegal	-5.9% of GDP	2012
=88	Haiti	-6% of GDP	2012
=88	Honduras	-6% of GDP	2012
90	The Bahamas	-6.2% of GDP	2012
91	Sri Lanka	-6.5% of GDP	2012
=92	Dominican Republic	-6.6% of GDP	2012
=92	Pakistan	-6.6% of GDP	2012
94	Yemen	-7.2% of GDP	2012
95	Malawi	-7.9% of GDP	2012
96	Barbados	-8.1% of GDP	2012
97	Sudan	-8.6% of GDP	2012
98	Egypt	-10.9% of GDP	2012
99	Cape Verde	-12.1% of GDP	2012
100	Ghana	-12.2% of GDP	2012
101	Dominica	-12.4% of GDP	2012
=102	Eritrea	-12.6% of GDP	2012
=102	Niue	-12.6% of GDP	2005
104	Maldives	-13.4% of GDP	2012
105	Venezuela	-14.8% of GDP	2012
106	Kiribati	-29.9% of GDP	2010

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