Government budget balance to GDP: compare countries

See Government budget balance to GDP for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Four countries are being compared, the most the chart can show clearly. Remove one to add another.

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government budget balance to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	United States	Germany	Philippines
Dec 31, 2001	—	0.0%	-1.4%	-4.0%
Dec 31, 2002	—	-2.8%	-2.0%	-5.0%
Dec 31, 2003	—	-4.1%	-1.7%	-4.3%
Dec 31, 2004	—	-3.8%	-1.8%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2005	—	-3.0%	-2.2%	-4.3%
Dec 31, 2006	—	-2.1%	-1.2%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2007	—	-2.4%	-0.2%	-1.4%
Dec 31, 2008	—	-5.2%	-0.3%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2009	—	-10.2%	-2.1%	-3.6%
Dec 31, 2010	-2.5%	-10.0%	-3.2%	-3.3%
Dec 31, 2011	-2.7%	-8.9%	-0.4%	-1.7%
Dec 31, 2012	-1.8%	-7.3%	0.1%	-1.9%
Dec 31, 2013	-2.8%	-4.2%	0.2%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2014	-5.4%	-3.7%	0.7%	-0.5%
Dec 31, 2015	-8.0%	-3.2%	0.7%	-1.3%
Dec 31, 2016	-7.1%	-3.8%	0.7%	-2.2%
Dec 31, 2017	-7.7%	-2.9%	0.6%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2018	-6.8%	-4.8%	1.1%	-3.1%
Dec 31, 2019	-5.3%	-5.4%	0.8%	-3.3%
Dec 31, 2020	-12.4%	-14.4%	-3.7%	-7.4%
Dec 31, 2021	-4.5%	-12.7%	-3.5%	-8.3%
Dec 31, 2022	-4.5%	-4.5%	-2.6%	-7.2%
Dec 31, 2023	-6.9%	-7.3%	-2.0%	-6.1%
Dec 31, 2024	-5.7%	-7.2%	-1.7%	-5.7%