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A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money.
World map by current account balance (% of GDP), 2023, according to World Bank [1]. This is the list of countries by current account balance, expressed in current U.S. dollars and as percentage of GDP, based on the data published by World Bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] : 79–82 In the list below, government debt is measured for the general government sector because the level of government responsible for programs (for example, health care) differs across countries, and the general government comprises central, state, provincial ...
For most other countries the total budget is shown. Although Germany is a federation, the statistics for Germany represent total general government spending. [ 3 ] Similar to Germany, Russia has a federative structure and a three layer budget system, here the total government spending is shown.
The UN World Bank cites the IMF as the source for their data on Current Account Balance, and so is not included separately on this page. The second list includes only countries for which the CIA World Factbook lists 2015 estimates for both Current Account Balance and GDP.
The comparison isn’t exactly apples-to-apples, as the government can essentially borrow as much as it wants to pay its obligations, while individual Americans must pay their debt or face bankruptcy.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Wednesday that France and six other countries should be disciplined for running budget deficits in excess of EU limits, with deadlines for ...
Biden called out Trump for racking up “the largest national debt of any president in a four year period,” while Trump touted his 2017 tax cuts, saying, “The country was going like never ...