The CIA World Factbook Edition 2019 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 2019 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2019 edition
227
the first edition with it
2011
the latest edition with it
2023

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

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-), 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

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

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

-3% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

-9.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Angola

-6.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Benin

-6.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Botswana

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Burkina Faso

-7.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Burundi

-5.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cabo Verde

-3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cameroon

-3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Central African Republic

-0.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Chad

-1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Comoros

-6.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

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

-0.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

-7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

-4.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Djibouti

-9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Egypt

-8.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

-3.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Eritrea

-9.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Eswatini

-8.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Ethiopia

-3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Gabon

-1.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

-2.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Ghana

-6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Guinea

-0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

-1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Kenya

-6.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Lesotho

-6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Liberia

-4.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Libya

-25.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Madagascar

-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Malawi

-3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Mali

-2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Mauritania

-0.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Mauritius

-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Morocco

-3.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Mozambique

-5.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Namibia

-5.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Niger

-5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Nigeria

-1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Rwanda

-4.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

-2.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Senegal

-3.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Seychelles

-0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Sierra Leone

-7.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Somalia

-0.1% (of GDP) (2014 est.)

South Africa

-4.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

South Sudan

-1.3% (of GDP) (FY2017/18 est.)

Sudan

-10.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Tanzania

-1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Togo

-3.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Tunisia

-5.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Uganda

-4.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

-7.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Zimbabwe

-9.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

5.6% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Iceland

1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

-15.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Armenia

-4.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Azerbaijan

-1.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Bangladesh

-3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Bhutan

-3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

China

-3.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Georgia

-3.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

India

-3.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Japan

-3.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Kazakhstan

-1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

-0.4% (of GDP) (2007 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

1.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

-3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Maldives

-10.1% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Mongolia

-6.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Nepal

-0.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Pakistan

-5.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Russia

-1.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Sri Lanka

-5.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Tajikistan

-1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Turkmenistan

-2.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Uzbekistan

0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

Anguilla

0.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

-2.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Aruba

-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-2.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Barbados

-4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Belize

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

British Virgin Islands

0% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cayman Islands

4.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Costa Rica

-6.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cuba

-10.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Curacao

-0.4% (of GDP) (2012 est.)

Dominica

-5.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Dominican Republic

-3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

El Salvador

-2.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Grenada

3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Guatemala

-1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Haiti

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Honduras

-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Jamaica

0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Nicaragua

-2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Panama

-1.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Puerto Rico

-0.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Saint Lucia

0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-0.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

-8.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Virgin Islands

-0.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

-2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Andorra

-6.9% (of GDP) (2016)

Austria

-0.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Belarus

2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Belgium

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Bulgaria

1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Croatia

0.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Czechia

1.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Denmark

1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Estonia

-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

European Union

-3% (of GDP) (2014)

Faroe Islands

-1.7% (of GDP) (2014 est.)

Finland

-0.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

France

-2.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Germany

1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Gibraltar

1.1% (of GDP) (2008 est.)

Greece

0.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Guernsey

1.2% (of GDP) (2005)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

-2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

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

Ireland

-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Isle of Man

0.3% (of GDP) (FY05/06 est.)

Italy

-2.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Jersey

-0.4% (of GDP) (2005)

Kosovo

-2.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Latvia

-0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Liechtenstein

1.6% (of GDP) (2012 est.)

Lithuania

0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Luxembourg

1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Malta

3.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Moldova

-0.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Monaco

-1% (of GDP) (2011 est.)

Montenegro

-5.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Netherlands

1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

North Macedonia

-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Norway

4.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Poland

-1.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Portugal

-3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Romania

-2.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

San Marino

-2.9% (of GDP) (2011 est.)

Serbia

0.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Slovakia

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Slovenia

0% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Spain

-3.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Sweden

1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Switzerland

1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Ukraine

-1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

United Kingdom

-1.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

-10.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cyprus

1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Iran

-2.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Iraq

-4.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Israel

-2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Jordan

-5.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Kuwait

-10% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Lebanon

-6.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Oman

-13.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Qatar

-5.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Saudi Arabia

-8.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Syria

-8.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

-1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

United Arab Emirates

-0.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

West Bank

0.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Yemen

-5.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

-2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Canada

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Mexico

-1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

3.8% (of GDP) (1996 est.)

United States

-3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Oceania

22 entries

American Samoa

-2.1% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Australia

-0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cook Islands

3% (of GDP) (2010 est.)

Fiji

-4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

French Polynesia

1.2% (of GDP) (2012)

Guam

-1% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Kiribati

-64.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Marshall Islands

1.3% (of GDP) (2013 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

6.6% (of GDP) (FY12/13 est.)

Nauru

-9.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

New Caledonia

0% (of GDP) (2015 est.)

New Zealand

1.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Niue

-12.6% (of GDP) (FY04/05)

Northern Mariana Islands

3.7% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Palau

8.8% (of GDP) (2016 est.)

Papua New Guinea

-4.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Samoa

-4.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Solomon Islands

-2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Tonga

0% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Tuvalu

25.6% (of GDP) (2013 est.)

Vanuatu

-0.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

  • -0.8% (of GDP) NA (2015 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

-6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Bolivia

-7.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Brazil

-1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Chile

-2.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Colombia

-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Ecuador

-4.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

-4% (of GDP) (FY09/10)

Guyana

-4.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Paraguay

-1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Peru

-3.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Suriname

-7.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Uruguay

-3.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Venezuela

-46.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

-17.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

-3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Cambodia

-1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Hong Kong

5.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Indonesia

-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Laos

-5.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Macau

10% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Malaysia

-3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Philippines

-2.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Singapore

-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Taiwan

-0.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Thailand

-3.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Timor-Leste

-75.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Vietnam

-6.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2019, “Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/budget-surplus-or-deficit/2019.

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