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Government budget balance to GDP: compare countries

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Government budget balance to GDP by country

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Source: World Bank

Government budget balance to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	United States
Dec 31, 2001	1.6%	0.0%
Dec 31, 2002	1.5%	-2.8%
Dec 31, 2003	1.1%	-4.1%
Dec 31, 2004	1.5%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2005	0.7%	-3.0%
Dec 31, 2006	1.5%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2007	1.8%	-2.4%
Dec 31, 2008	0.8%	-5.2%
Dec 31, 2009	-1.2%	-10.2%
Dec 31, 2010	-2.2%	-10.0%
Dec 31, 2011	-0.9%	-8.9%
Dec 31, 2012	-0.5%	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2013	-0.1%	-4.2%
Dec 31, 2014	0.9%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2015	1.0%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2016	0.4%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2017	0.4%	-2.9%
Dec 31, 2018	0.9%	-4.8%
Dec 31, 2019	0.2%	-5.4%
Dec 31, 2020	-9.5%	-14.4%
Dec 31, 2021	-2.4%	-12.7%
Dec 31, 2022	0.6%	-4.5%
Dec 31, 2023	0.6%	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2024	-1.2%	-7.2%