The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 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 2017 edition carries it in 226 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 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

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

-3.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

-13.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Angola

-6.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Benin

-6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Botswana

-0.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Burkina Faso

-3.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Burundi

-4.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Cabo Verde

-2.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Cameroon

-6.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Central African Republic

1.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Chad

-4.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Comoros

-5.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

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

-0.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

-17.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

-3.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Djibouti

-16% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Egypt

-9.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Equatorial Guinea

-2.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Eritrea

-11.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Swaziland now Eswatini

-12.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Ethiopia

-3.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Gabon

-6.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Gambia, The now The Gambia

-19.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Ghana

-7.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Guinea

-4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Guinea-Bissau

-6.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Kenya

-6.1% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Lesotho

-7.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Liberia

-3.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Libya

-52.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Madagascar

-4.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Malawi

-5.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Mali

-4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Mauritania

-1.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Mauritius

-2.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Morocco

-4.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Mozambique

-9.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Namibia

-6.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Niger

-6.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Nigeria

-2.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Rwanda

-3.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

-4.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Senegal

-4.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Seychelles

1.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Sierra Leone

-7.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Somalia

-0.1% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

South Africa

-3.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

South Sudan

-62.5% of GDP (FY2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 220

Sudan

-4.4% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Tanzania

-3.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Togo

-5.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Tunisia

-5.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Uganda

-4.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

-9.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Zimbabwe

-9.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

-13.5% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Iceland

17.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Svalbard

NA% of GDP

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

-24.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Armenia

-5.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Azerbaijan

-0.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Bangladesh

-4.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Bhutan

-3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

China

-3.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Georgia

-3.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

India

-3.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Japan

-4.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Kazakhstan

-0.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Korea, North now North Korea

-0.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Korea, South now South Korea

0.9% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Kyrgyzstan

-4.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Maldives

-6.5% of GDP (2016, est.)

country comparison to the world: 178

Mongolia

-10% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Nepal

1.4% of GDP (FY2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 17

Pakistan

-4.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Russia

-3.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Sri Lanka

-4.8% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Tajikistan

-1.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Turkmenistan

-1.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Uzbekistan

0.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

Anguilla

1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

-1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Aruba

-4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-5.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Barbados

-6.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Belize

-2.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

British Virgin Islands

-9.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Cayman Islands

5.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Costa Rica

-5.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Cuba

-6.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Curacao

-0.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Dominica

0% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Dominican Republic

-2.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

El Salvador

-2.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Grenada

-0.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Guatemala

-1.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Haiti

-6.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Honduras

-2.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Jamaica

0.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Nicaragua

-1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Panama

-1.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Puerto Rico

-0.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

4.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Saint Lucia

-2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

0% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

-5.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Virgin Islands

-6.5% of GDP (2013)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Europe

49 entries

Albania

-1.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Andorra

-6.9% of GDP (2016)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Austria

-1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Belarus

1.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Belgium

-2.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

-0.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Bulgaria

2.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Croatia

-0.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Czechia

0.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Denmark

-0.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Estonia

0.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

European Union

-3% of GDP (2014)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Faroe Islands

-1.7% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Finland

-1.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

France

-3.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Germany

0.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Gibraltar

1.1% of GDP (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Greece

0.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Guernsey

1.2% of GDP (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

-1.8% 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 Hungarian deficit increased above 3% both in 2013 and in 2014 due to sluggish growth and the government's fiscal tightening (2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 82

Ireland

-0.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

0.3% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)

country comparison to the world: 37

Italy

-2.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Jersey

-0.5% of GDP (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Kosovo

-3.2% of GDP (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Latvia

0% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Liechtenstein

1.6% of GDP (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Lithuania

0.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Luxembourg

1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Malta

-0.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Moldova

-1.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Monaco

-1% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Montenegro

-7.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Netherlands

0.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Macedonia now North Macedonia

-2.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Norway

3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Poland

-2.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Portugal

-2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Romania

-2.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

San Marino

-2.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Serbia

-1.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Slovakia

-1.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Slovenia

-1.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Spain

-4.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Sweden

0.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Switzerland

0.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Ukraine

-2.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

United Kingdom

-2.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

-13.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Cyprus

0.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Iran

-2.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Iraq

-15.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Israel

-2.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Jordan

-6.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Kuwait

-11% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Lebanon

-9.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Oman

-13% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Qatar

-8.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Saudi Arabia

-13% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Syria

-9.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Turkey now Turkiye

-1.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

United Arab Emirates

-7.6% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

West Bank

1.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Yemen

-6.9% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

-3.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Canada

-1.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Mexico

-2.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4.6% of GDP (1996 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

United States

-3.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

-0.3% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Australia

-2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Cook Islands

3.7% of GDP (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Fiji

-3.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

French Polynesia

1.2% of GDP (2012)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Guam

-0.9% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Kiribati

10.8% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Marshall Islands

1.5% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

6.7% of GDP (FY12/13 est.)

country comparison to the world: 5

New Caledonia

0% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

New Zealand

0.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Niue

-12.6% of GDP (FY04/05)

country comparison to the world: 205

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.3% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Palau

8.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Papua New Guinea

-4.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Samoa

-0.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Solomon Islands

-2.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Tonga

0% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Tuvalu

30.1% of GDP (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Vanuatu

0.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

NA% of GDP

South America

13 entries

Argentina

-6.1% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Bolivia

-6.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Brazil

-1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Chile

-2.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Colombia

-3.3% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Ecuador

-7.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

-5% of GDP (FY09/10)

country comparison to the world: 157

Guyana

-4.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Paraguay

-1.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Peru

-2.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Suriname

-8.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Uruguay

-3.9% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Venezuela

-48% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

-16.8% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

-3.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Cambodia

-1.9% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Hong Kong

2.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Indonesia

-2.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Laos

-6.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Macau

6.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Malaysia

-3.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Philippines

-2.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Singapore

-1.2% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Taiwan

-0.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Thailand

-2.5% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Timor-Leste

-76.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Vietnam

-5.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/budget-surplus-or-deficit/2017.

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