Fiscal balance, percent of GDP - Country rankings
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Fiscal balance, percent of GDP, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 134 countries was -7.25 percent.The highest value was in Samoa: 6.2 percent and the lowest value was in Libya: -73.8 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent;
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6.20
1.75
0.60
-0.40
-0.80
-1.00
-1.10
-1.30
-2.11
-2.17
-2.20
-2.28
-2.30
-2.40
-2.52
-2.60
-2.60
-2.80
-2.90
-3.00
-3.01
-3.10
-3.10
-3.20
-3.26
-3.50
-3.50
-3.70
-3.70
-3.86
-4.10
-4.10
-4.10
-4.19
-4.20
-4.30
-4.50
-4.50
-4.70
-4.75
-4.80
-4.86
-4.90
-4.90
-5.00
-5.00
-5.05
-5.20
-5.20
-5.20
-5.37
-5.40
-5.40
-5.69
-5.70
-5.70
-5.70
-5.70
-5.73
-5.97
-6.10
-6.14
-6.16
-6.16
-6.17
-6.20
-6.30
-6.38
-6.40
-6.48
-6.54
-6.60
-6.90
-7.00
-7.00
-7.00
-7.02
-7.13
-7.30
-7.31
-7.38
-7.40
-7.40
-7.48
-7.52
-7.59
-7.60
-7.80
-8.00
-8.00
-8.06
-8.09
-8.10
-8.10
-8.10
-8.30
-8.37
-8.40
-8.70
-8.70
-8.85
-8.91
-8.94
-9.20
-9.20
-9.30
-9.38
-9.40
-9.50
-9.68
-9.70
-10.10
-10.11
-10.40
-10.50
-10.52
-10.70
-10.93
-11.00
-11.10
-11.20
-11.85
-12.40
-12.50
-13.60
-13.70
-14.20
-14.66
-15.60
-15.90
-17.68
-18.20
-27.50
-73.80
-73.8
-53.8
-33.8
-13.8
6.2
Definition: The fiscal (budget) balance is the difference between government revenue and government expenditure. We express the value as percent of GDP to relate it to the size of the economy.
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