The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 Economy

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) In 13 editions of 36.

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) was published in 13 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2023. The 2012 edition carries it in 216 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2012 edition
216
the first edition with it
2011
the latest edition with it
2023

Published as “Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)” (2011 to 2023).

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Entries with Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

-3.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

Africa

52 entries

Algeria

-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Angola

12% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Benin

-3.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Botswana

0.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Burkina Faso

-4.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Burundi

-3.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

-9.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Cameroon

-1.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Central African Republic

-0.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Chad

-5.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Comoros

-0.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

-3.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

16.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Cote d'Ivoire

-7.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Djibouti

-1.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Egypt

-10.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Equatorial Guinea

2.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Eritrea

-11.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Swaziland now Eswatini

-0.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Ethiopia

-2.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Gabon

6.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Gambia, The now The Gambia

-5.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Ghana

-5.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Guinea

-6.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Guinea-Bissau

-3.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Kenya

-4.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Lesotho

-0.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Liberia

-1.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Libya

6.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Madagascar

-1.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Malawi

-6.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Mali

-7.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Mauritania

-1.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Mauritius

-4.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Morocco

-7.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Mozambique

-6.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Namibia

-4.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Niger

-4.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Nigeria

-3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Rwanda

-1.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Sao Tome and Principe

-10.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Senegal

-5.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Seychelles

1.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Sierra Leone

-4.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

South Africa

-5.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Sudan

-10.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Tanzania

-5.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Togo

-3.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Tunisia

-8.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Uganda

-3.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Zambia

-6.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Zimbabwe

  • NA% of GDP (2010 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

1.9% of GDP (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Iceland

-2.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Svalbard

NA% of GDP

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

-8.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Armenia

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Azerbaijan

-3.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Bangladesh

-4.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Bhutan

-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

China

-2.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Georgia

5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

India

-5.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Japan

-9.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Kazakhstan

-2.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Korea, North now North Korea

-0.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Korea, South now South Korea

2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Kyrgyzstan

-7.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Maldives

-14% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Mongolia

-5.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Nepal

-6.2% of GDP (FY11/12)

country comparison to the world: 176

Pakistan

-6.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Russia

-0.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Sri Lanka

-6.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Tajikistan

-0.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Turkmenistan

-1.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Uzbekistan

-0.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Central America and the Caribbean

26 entries

Anguilla

0.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Antigua and Barbuda

-5.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Aruba

-7.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-3.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Barbados

-4.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Belize

0% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

British Virgin Islands

0% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Cayman Islands

-0.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Costa Rica

-4.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Cuba

-4.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Curacao

-0.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Dominica

-7.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Dominican Republic

-8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

El Salvador

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Grenada

-4.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Guatemala

-2.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Haiti

-1.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Honduras

-3.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Jamaica

-6.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Nicaragua

0.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Panama

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Puerto Rico

-3.1% of GDP (FY99/00)

country comparison to the world: 107

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Saint Lucia

-2.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

0% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Trinidad and Tobago

-2.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Europe

46 entries

Albania

-3.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Austria

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Belarus

-1.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Belgium

-3.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-3.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Bulgaria

-1.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Croatia

-4.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Czech Republic now Czechia

-3.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Denmark

-4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Estonia

-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Faroe Islands

-11.9% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Finland

-1.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

France

-4.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Germany

0% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Gibraltar

2.1% of GDP (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Greece

-7.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Guernsey

1.2% of GDP (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Hungary

-2.7% of GDP

country comparison to the world: 94

note: in 2011, the Government decided to redirect funds from the country's obligatory private pension scheme into state coffers in order to pay off government debt, effectively renationalizing the private pension system; the 2.9% deficit shown here does not include this change; including this change would result in a budget surplus of 3.6%; the EU renewed its Excessive Deficit Procedure against Hungary in January 2012, because it expects the 2013 deficit to reach 3.7%; the primary criticism of Hungary's deficit reductions in 2011 and 2012 was that they were not achieved in a sustainable manner (2012 est.)

Ireland

-8.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Isle of Man

0.8% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)

country comparison to the world: 32

Italy

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Jersey

-0.4% of GDP (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Kosovo

-5.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Latvia

-2.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Liechtenstein

0.9% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Lithuania

-4.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Luxembourg

-0.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Malta

-3.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Moldova

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Monaco

-1.9% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Montenegro

-4.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Netherlands

-5.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Macedonia now North Macedonia

-2.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Norway

15.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Poland

-2.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Portugal

-6.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Romania

-2.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

San Marino

-3.2% of GDP (2009)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Serbia

-6.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Slovakia

-4.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Slovenia

-4.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Spain

-7.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Sweden

-0.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Switzerland

0.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Ukraine

-3.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

United Kingdom

-7.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

-1.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Cyprus

-4.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Iran

-5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Iraq

4.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Israel

-3.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Jordan

-11.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Kuwait

21.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Lebanon

-7.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Oman

6.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Qatar

6.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Saudi Arabia

11.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Syria

-9.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Turkey now Turkiye

-2.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

United Arab Emirates

4.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

West Bank

-16.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Yemen

-12% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

North America

3 entries

Canada

-3.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Mexico

-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

United States

-7.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Oceania

20 entries

American Samoa

-6.1% of GDP (FY07)

country comparison to the world: 172

Australia

-0.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Cook Islands

1% of GDP (FY05/06)

country comparison to the world: 28

Fiji

-4.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

French Polynesia

3.6% of GDP (1999)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Guam

-3.9% of GDP (2002 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Kiribati

-29.6% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Marshall Islands

  • NA% of GDP (2008)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

5.6% of GDP (FY07 est.)

country comparison to the world: 12

New Caledonia

-2.3% of GDP (2001 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

New Zealand

-6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Niue

-12.6% of GDP (FY04/05)

country comparison to the world: 209

Northern Mariana Islands

-4.7% of GDP (FY91/92)

country comparison to the world: 149

Palau

-3.2% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Papua New Guinea

0.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Samoa

-6.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Solomon Islands

5.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Tonga

0% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Tuvalu

-4.2% of GDP (2006)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Vanuatu

-2.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

South America

13 entries

Argentina

-3.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Bolivia

2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Brazil

2.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Chile

1.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Colombia

-0.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Ecuador

-1.8% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

-5% of GDP (FY09/10)

country comparison to the world: 157

Guyana

-5.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Paraguay

-1.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Peru

0.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Suriname

-2.2% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Uruguay

-1.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Venezuela

-17.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

16.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

-4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Cambodia

-5% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Hong Kong

1.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Indonesia

-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Laos

-2.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Macau

45.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Malaysia

-5.2% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Philippines

-2.7% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Singapore

0.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Taiwan

-2.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Thailand

-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Timor-Leste

0% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Vietnam

-3.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/budget-surplus-or-deficit/2012.

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