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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	Germany	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 2001	-1.4%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2002	-2.0%	-4.5%
Dec 31, 2003	-1.7%	-5.9%
Dec 31, 2004	-1.8%	-5.6%
Dec 31, 2005	-2.2%	-5.4%
Dec 31, 2006	-1.2%	-5.3%
Dec 31, 2007	-0.2%	-5.2%
Dec 31, 2008	-0.3%	-7.6%
Dec 31, 2009	-2.1%	-12.5%
Dec 31, 2010	-3.2%	-6.6%
Dec 31, 2011	-0.4%	-9.6%
Dec 31, 2012	0.1%	-9.9%
Dec 31, 2013	0.2%	-6.6%
Dec 31, 2014	0.7%	-6.8%
Dec 31, 2015	0.7%	-5.6%
Dec 31, 2016	0.7%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2017	0.6%	-3.4%
Dec 31, 2018	1.1%	-3.9%
Dec 31, 2019	0.8%	-3.5%
Dec 31, 2020	-3.7%	-14.8%
Dec 31, 2021	-3.5%	-9.2%
Dec 31, 2022	-2.6%	-5.6%
Dec 31, 2023	-2.0%	-7.0%
Dec 31, 2024	-1.7%	-6.9%