The CIA World Factbook Edition 2016 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 2016 edition carries it in 226 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2016 edition
226
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% of GDP (2015 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

-16% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Angola

-5.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Benin

-6.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Botswana

-3.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Burkina Faso

-2.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Burundi

-5.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Cabo Verde

-4.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Cameroon

-5.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Central African Republic

-4.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Chad

-4.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Comoros

-2.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

-0.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

-10.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

-3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Djibouti

-14.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Egypt

-11.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Equatorial Guinea

-7.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Eritrea

-13.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Swaziland now Eswatini

-6.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Ethiopia

-2.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Gabon

-2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Gambia, The now The Gambia

-8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Ghana

-7.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Guinea

-9.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Guinea-Bissau

-3.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Kenya

-6.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Lesotho

-3.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Liberia

-6.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Libya

-31.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Madagascar

-5.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Malawi

-3.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Mali

-1.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Mauritania

-5.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Mauritius

-3.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Morocco

-4.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Mozambique

-6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Namibia

-5.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Niger

-9.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Nigeria

-1.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Rwanda

-5.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

-6.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Senegal

-4.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Seychelles

2.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Sierra Leone

-5.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Somalia

-0.1% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

South Africa

-3.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

South Sudan

-69.4% of GDP (FY 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 219

Sudan

-3.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Tanzania

-2.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Togo

-5.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Tunisia

-4.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Uganda

-4.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

-7.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Zimbabwe

-2.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

1.9% of GDP (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Iceland

-0.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Svalbard

NA% of GDP

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

-23.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Armenia

-4.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Azerbaijan

-1.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Bangladesh

-4.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Bhutan

-3.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

China

-3.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Georgia

-1.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

India

-4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Japan

-5.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Kazakhstan

-1.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Korea, North now North Korea

-0.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Korea, South now South Korea

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Kyrgyzstan

-1.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Maldives

-6% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Mongolia

-3.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Nepal

1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Pakistan

-5.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Russia

-2.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Sri Lanka

-7.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Tajikistan

0.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Turkmenistan

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Uzbekistan

0.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

Anguilla

5,025.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

-1.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Aruba

-4.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-4.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Barbados

-5.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Belize

-8.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

British Virgin Islands

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Cayman Islands

4.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Costa Rica

-5.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Cuba

-5.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Curacao

-0.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Dominica

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Dominican Republic

0.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

El Salvador

-3.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Grenada

-3.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Guatemala

-1.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Haiti

-2.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Honduras

-3.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Jamaica

-0.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Nicaragua

-1.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Panama

-2.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Puerto Rico

-0.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

8.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Saint Lucia

-2.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-4.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

-4% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Virgin Islands

-6.5% of GDP (2013)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Europe

49 entries

Albania

-3.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Andorra

-0.3% of GDP (2012)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Austria

-1.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Belarus

1.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Belgium

-2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

-2.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Bulgaria

-1.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Croatia

-3.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Czechia

-0.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Denmark

-1.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Estonia

0.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

European Union

-3% of GDP

country comparison to the world: 116

Faroe Islands

-11.9% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Finland

-2.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

France

-3.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Germany

0.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Gibraltar

1.3% of GDP (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Greece

-2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Guernsey

1.2% of GDP (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

-2% of GDP

note: Hungary has been under the EU Excessive Deficit Procedure since it joined the EU in 2004; in March 2012 the EU elevated its Excessive Deficit Procedure against Hungary and proposed freezing 30% of the country's Cohesion Funds because 2011 deficit reductions were not achieved in a sustainable manner; in June 2012, the EU lifted the freeze, recognizing that steps had been taken to reduce the deficit; the latest EC forecasts project the Hungarian deficit to increase above 3% both in 2013 and in 2014 due to sluggish growth and the government's fiscal tightening (2015 est.)

country comparison to the world: 86

Ireland

-2.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

0.5% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)

country comparison to the world: 28

Italy

-2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Jersey

-0.4% of GDP (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Kosovo

-3.4% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Latvia

-1.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Liechtenstein

2.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Lithuania

-0.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Luxembourg

1.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Malta

-1.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Moldova

-2.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Monaco

-1.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Montenegro

-1.7% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Netherlands

-1.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Macedonia now North Macedonia

-3.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Norway

5.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Poland

-2.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Portugal

-4.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Romania

-1.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

San Marino

-2.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Serbia

-3.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Slovakia

-3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Slovenia

-2.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Spain

-5.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Sweden

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Switzerland

0.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Ukraine

-1.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

United Kingdom

-4.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

-13.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Cyprus

-1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Iran

-1.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Iraq

-15.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Israel

-2.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Jordan

-6.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Kuwait

-12.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Lebanon

-7.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Oman

-20.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Qatar

0.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Saudi Arabia

-14.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Syria

-7.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Turkey now Turkiye

-1.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

United Arab Emirates

-4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

West Bank

-13.5% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Yemen

-9.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

-4.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Canada

-1.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Mexico

-3.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4.6% of GDP (1996 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

United States

-2.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

-0.3% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Australia

-1.7% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Cook Islands

3.7% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Fiji

-3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

French Polynesia

0.8% of GDP (2012)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Guam

-0.9% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Kiribati

11.1% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Marshall Islands

1.5% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

6.8% of GDP (FY12/13 est.)

country comparison to the world: 7

New Caledonia

NA% of GDP

New Zealand

0.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Niue

-12.6% of GDP (FY04/05)

country comparison to the world: 207

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.3% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Palau

9.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Papua New Guinea

-6.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Samoa

-3.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Solomon Islands

-1.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Tonga

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Tuvalu

31% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Vanuatu

0.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

NA%

South America

13 entries

Argentina

-5.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Bolivia

-6.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Brazil

-2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Chile

-2.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Colombia

-3.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Ecuador

-5.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

-5% of GDP (FY09/10)

country comparison to the world: 161

Guyana

-1.4% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Paraguay

-1.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Peru

-2.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Suriname

-7.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Uruguay

-3.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Venezuela

-41.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

-0.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

-2.8% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Cambodia

-1.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Hong Kong

3.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Indonesia

-2.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Laos

-5.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Macau

14.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Malaysia

-3.2% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Philippines

-0.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Singapore

0.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Taiwan

0.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Thailand

-1.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Timor-Leste

-91.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Vietnam

-4.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

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