Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by budget balance for 2021
Country ranking by “General government budget balance” for 2021. The table covers 55 countries with a published value; another 0 in the world catalogue have no value for this year. For Russia the ranking uses the IMF World Economic Outlook annual estimate of the general government budget balance under the fund’s public finance methodology. Other countries come from the same publication. Russia’s national statistics from the Ministry of Finance track the federal budget on a cash basis with a different classification, so the figures do not coincide.
First value in current order — Norway9.9264 % of GDP
Last value in current order — United States−11.4607 % of GDP
Countries with data55 of 55
Latest date in the slice1 January 2021
Full country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value, % of GDP | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 9.9264 | 2021 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 4.2053 | 2021 |
| 3 | Denmark | 4.1 | 2021 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 1.1 | 2021 |
| 5 | Russia | 0.7762 | 2021 |
| 6 | South Korea | −0.0186 | 2021 |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | −0.1767 | 2021 |
| 8 | Sweden | −0.2 | 2021 |
| 9 | Switzerland | −0.2807 | 2021 |
| 10 | Lithuania | −1.1 | 2021 |
| 11 | Ireland | −1.3 | 2021 |
| 12 | Montenegro | −1.3723 | 2021 |
| 13 | Cyprus | −1.6 | 2021 |
| 14 | Poland | −1.7 | 2021 |
| 15 | Netherlands | −2.3 | 2021 |
| 16 | Estonia | −2.5 | 2021 |
| 17 | Croatia | −2.6 | 2021 |
| 18 | Moldova | −2.617 | 2021 |
| 19 | Brazil | −2.6307 | 2021 |
| 20 | Finland | −2.7 | 2021 |
| 21 | Portugal | −2.8 | 2021 |
| 22 | Türkiye | −2.9761 | 2021 |
| 23 | Canada | −3.0571 | 2021 |
| 24 | Serbia | −3.1556 | 2021 |
| 25 | Germany | −3.2 | 2021 |
| 26 | New Zealand | −3.3497 | 2021 |
| 27 | Israel | −3.3686 | 2021 |
| 28 | Mexico | −3.7467 | 2021 |
| 29 | Ukraine | −3.9717 | 2021 |
| 30 | Bulgaria | −4 | 2021 |
| 31 | Albania | −4.5712 | 2021 |
| 32 | Slovenia | −4.6 | 2021 |
| 33 | Armenia | −4.6025 | 2021 |
| 34 | Czechia | −5 | 2021 |
| 35 | Slovakia | −5.1 | 2021 |
| 36 | North Macedonia | −5.3168 | 2021 |
| 37 | Belgium | −5.4 | 2021 |
| 38 | South Africa | −5.5402 | 2021 |
| 39 | Austria | −5.7 | 2021 |
| 40 | China | −5.9017 | 2021 |
| 41 | Georgia | −5.9722 | 2021 |
| 42 | Japan | −6.3238 | 2021 |
| 43 | Australia | −6.3514 | 2021 |
| 44 | France | −6.6 | 2021 |
| 45 | Spain | −6.7 | 2021 |
| 46 | Malta | −6.9 | 2021 |
| 47 | Hungary | −7.1 | 2021 |
| 48 | Greece | −7.2 | 2021 |
| 49 | Latvia | −7.2 | 2021 |
| 50 | Romania | −7.2 | 2021 |
| 51 | United Kingdom | −7.5375 | 2021 |
| 52 | Iceland | −7.9627 | 2021 |
| 53 | Italy | −8.9 | 2021 |
| 54 | India | −9.7014 | 2021 |
| 55 | United States | −11.4607 | 2021 |
Other ranking indicators
- Harmonised index of consumer prices
- Unemployment rate
- General government budget balance
- General government gross debt
- Population
- Long-term government bond yield
- Economic activity rate
- GDP per capita relative to the EU average
- Gross domestic product at current prices
- Gross domestic product per capita at current prices
Other years
Data source
International Monetary Fund and Eurostat. Units: % of GDP. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of January 2021