Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP) - Deficit & financing - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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Cash surplus or deficit is revenue (including grants) minus expense, minus net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. In the 1986 GFS manual nonfinancial assets were included under revenue and expenditure in gross terms. This cash surplus or deficit is closest to the earlier overall budget balance (still missing is lending minus repayments, which are now a financing item under net acquisition of financial assets).
Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP) - Deficit & financing - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Kuwait (2008)23.44
2Norway (2008)19.94
3Macau (2008)17.15
4Qatar (2007)12.48
5Botswana (1996)9.86
6Republic of the Congo (2005)9.62
7Algeria (2008)9.53
8Singapore (2008)8.12
9Seychelles (2008)8.09
10Iran (2007)7.85
11Bahrain (2008)6.44
12San Marino (2006)6.2
13Lesotho (2008)5.65
14Russia (2008)5.57
15Finland (2007)5.51
16Chile (2008)4.78
17Denmark (2007)4.78
18Kazakhstan (2008)4.31
19South Korea (2007)4.26
20North Korea (2007)4.26
21Paraguay (2008)3.4
22Luxembourg (2007)3.2
23Bulgaria (2008)3.2
24New Zealand (2007)3.16
25Estonia (2007)3.1
26Morocco (2008)2.93
27Cape Verde (2008)2.45
28Belarus (2008)2.39
29Venezuela (2005)2.18
30Bhutan (2004)2.08
31Peru (2008)1.96
32Namibia (2007)1.95
33Middle East & North Africa (2007)1.66
34Canada (2007)1.64
35Australia (2007)1.55
36Bolivia (2007)1.24
37Switzerland (2007)1.15
38Panama (2001)0.91
39Cyprus (2007)0.76
40Trinidad and Tobago (2007)0.66
41Mauritius (2008)0.64
42Sweden (1999)0.55
43Thailand (2008)0.5
44Ireland (2007)0.41
45Azerbaijan (2008)0.36
46Netherlands (2007)0.33
47El Salvador (2008)0.32
48Dominican Republic (2007)0.3
49Togo (2008)0.29
50Europe & Central Asia (2008)0.28
51Gambia (1990)0.13
52Cameroon (1999)0.12
53Ecuador (1994)0.09
54United Arab Emirates (1999)0.09
55Kyrgyzstan (2008)-0.04
56Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)-0.06
57Slovenia (2008)-0.19
58Honduras (2008)-0.21
59Ivory Coast (2008)-0.27
60Benin (2008)-0.33
61Germany (2007)-0.35
62Sudan (1999)-0.39
63South Africa (2008)-0.4
64Moldova (2008)-0.41
65Argentina (2004)-0.46
66Central African Republic (2004)-0.47
67Armenia (2008)-0.53
68Low & middle income (2006)-0.56
69Middle income (2006)-0.57
70Tunisia (2008)-0.67
71Austria (2008)-0.68
72Euro area (2007)-0.69
73Vanuatu (1999)-0.78
74Macedonia (2008)-0.79
75Costa Rica (2008)-0.79
76Zambia (2007)-0.84
77Uruguay (2008)-0.86
78Niger (2007)-0.93
79Bangladesh (2008)-0.96
80Nepal (2005)-0.98
81High income (2007)-1
82Jordan (2008)-1.05
83Belgium (2008)-1.09
84Indonesia (2004)-1.1
85High income: OECD (2007)-1.11
86Croatia (2007)-1.11
87East Asia & Pacific (2006)-1.11
88Nicaragua (2008)-1.13
89Mexico (2000)-1.17
90Japan (1990)-1.19
91Philippines (2008)-1.25
92Brazil (2008)-1.27
93China (2006)-1.44
94Ukraine (2008)-1.46
95Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)-1.47
96Lower middle income (2006)-1.49
97Uganda (2008)-1.49
98Czech Republic (2008)-1.54
99Guatemala (2008)-1.59
100India (2008)-1.6
101Serbia (2008)-1.65
102Bahamas (2007)-1.65
103Cambodia (2006)-1.71
104Georgia (2008)-1.9
105Israel (2008)-1.91
106Turkey (2008)-1.94
107Burma (2004)-1.97
108Spain (2008)-2.01
109Senegal (2001)-2.06
110Colombia (2008)-2.11
111Malta (2007)-2.2
112South Asia (2008)-2.2
113Afghanistan (2008)-2.22
114Slovakia (2008)-2.23
115Papua New Guinea (2002)-2.26
116France (2007)-2.29
117Yemen (1999)-2.33
118Burundi (1999)-2.36
119Guinea (1999)-2.39
120Sierra Leone (2004)-2.42
121Italy (2008)-2.46
122Latvia (2008)-2.63
123Madagascar (2007)-2.66
124Portugal (2008)-2.67
125Swaziland (2003)-2.75
126Oman (2001)-2.8
127Fiji (2006)-2.86
128Belize (1997)-2.88
129Laos (2007)-2.89
130Albania (2004)-2.98
131Lithuania (2008)-3.06
132St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)-3.34
133Mongolia (2008)-3.51
134Poland (2008)-3.71
135Greece (2007)-3.72
136Hungary (2008)-3.89
137Malaysia (2003)-4.05
138Kenya (2008)-4.09
139Burkina Faso (2008)-4.2
140Romania (2008)-4.63
141United Kingdom (2008)-4.71
142Jamaica (2008)-5.14
143Zimbabwe (1997)-5.22
144United States (2008)-5.54
145Mali (2007)-5.63
146Rwanda (1992)-5.65
147Egypt (2008)-6.38
148Sri Lanka (2007)-6.52
149Tajikistan (2004)-6.61
150Pakistan (2008)-7.41
151Ethiopia (2002)-7.56
152Ghana (2007)-7.73
153Barbados (2007)-9.32
154Lebanon (2008)-10
155Iceland (2008)-12.78
156Maldives (2008)-13.66
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