Government budget balance to GDP: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government budget balance to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Indonesia	United States	Germany	Paraguay
Dec 31, 2001	—	0.0%	-1.4%	—
Dec 31, 2002	-0.3%	-2.8%	-2.0%	—
Dec 31, 2003	-2.3%	-4.1%	-1.7%	—
Dec 31, 2004	-1.1%	-3.8%	-1.8%	—
Dec 31, 2005	—	-3.0%	-2.2%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2006	—	-2.1%	-1.2%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2007	—	-2.4%	-0.2%	1.2%
Dec 31, 2008	-0.1%	-5.2%	-0.3%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2009	-1.6%	-10.2%	-2.1%	0.5%
Dec 31, 2010	—	-10.0%	-3.2%	1.4%
Dec 31, 2011	—	-8.9%	-0.4%	1.2%
Dec 31, 2012	—	-7.3%	0.1%	-0.7%
Dec 31, 2013	—	-4.2%	0.2%	-0.6%
Dec 31, 2014	—	-3.7%	0.7%	-0.3%
Dec 31, 2015	—	-3.2%	0.7%	-0.4%
Dec 31, 2016	—	-3.8%	0.7%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2017	—	-2.9%	0.6%	-0.4%
Dec 31, 2018	—	-4.8%	1.1%	-1.0%
Dec 31, 2019	—	-5.4%	0.8%	-2.4%
Dec 31, 2020	—	-14.4%	-3.7%	-5.8%
Dec 31, 2021	—	-12.7%	-3.5%	-3.4%
Dec 31, 2022	—	-4.5%	-2.6%	-2.6%
Dec 31, 2023	—	-7.3%	-2.0%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2024	—	-7.2%	-1.7%	-2.1%