Budget balance forecast - Country rankings

The average for 2019 was -1.87 percent.The highest value was in Grenada: 3.21 percent and the lowest value was in Egypt: -19.36 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Budget balance forecast.

Budget balance forecast, percent of GDP, 2019
(percent, Source: International Monetary Fund, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Grenada

2. Barbados

3. Russia

4. Greece

5. South Korea

6. Singapore

7. Kazakhstan

8. Georgia

9. Luxembourg

10. Malta

11. New Zealand

12. Czech Rep.

13. Cyprus

14. Sweden

15. Germany

16. Lithuania

17. Bosnia & Herz.

18. Jordan

19. Netherlands

20. Switzerland

21. Denmark

22. Hong Kong

23. Croatia

24. Iceland

25. Serbia

26. Argentina

27. Portugal

28. Ireland

29. Bulgaria

30. Estonia

31. Slovakia

32. Thailand

33. Finland

34. Austria

35. Slovenia

36. Australia

37. Angola

38. Paraguay

39. Canada

40. Panama

41. Latvia

42. Philippines

43. Italy

44. Chile

45. Guatemala

46. UK

47. Belgium

48. Indonesia

49. Poland

50. Taiwan

51. Colombia

52. Peru

53. Mauritius

54. Uruguay

55. Malaysia

56. Ecuador

57. Mexico

58. Hungary

59. Japan

60. El Salvador

61. Spain

62. France

63. Tunisia

64. Morocco

65. Israel

66. Domin. Rep.

67. Guyana

68. Romania

69. South Africa

70. China

71. Turkey

72. Kyrgyzstan

73. USA

74. India

75. Costa Rica

76. Brazil

77. Suriname

78. Norway

79. Lebanon

80. Egypt

Definition: The structural budget balance refers to the general government cyclically adjusted balance adjusted for nonstructural elements beyond the economic cycle. These include temporary financial sector and asset price movements as well as one-off, or temporary, revenue or expenditure items. The cyclically adjusted balance is the fiscal balance adjusted for the effects of the economic cycle.

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