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Government budget balance to GDP: compare countries

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Government budget balance to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government budget balance to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	Germany
Dec 31, 2001	1.6%	-1.4%
Dec 31, 2002	1.5%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2003	1.1%	-1.7%
Dec 31, 2004	1.5%	-1.8%
Dec 31, 2005	0.7%	-2.2%
Dec 31, 2006	1.5%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2007	1.8%	-0.2%
Dec 31, 2008	0.8%	-0.3%
Dec 31, 2009	-1.2%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2010	-2.2%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2011	-0.9%	-0.4%
Dec 31, 2012	-0.5%	0.1%
Dec 31, 2013	-0.1%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2014	0.9%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2015	1.0%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2016	0.4%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2017	0.4%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2018	0.9%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2019	0.2%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2020	-9.5%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2021	-2.4%	-3.5%
Dec 31, 2022	0.6%	-2.6%
Dec 31, 2023	0.6%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2024	-1.2%	-1.7%