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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	India	United States
Dec 31, 2001	-4.3%	0.0%
Dec 31, 2002	-4.7%	-2.8%
Dec 31, 2003	-3.4%	-4.1%
Dec 31, 2004	-3.3%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2005	-3.2%	-3.0%
Dec 31, 2006	-2.3%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2007	-0.5%	-2.4%
Dec 31, 2008	-5.0%	-5.2%
Dec 31, 2009	-5.5%	-10.2%
Dec 31, 2010	-3.5%	-10.0%
Dec 31, 2011	-3.2%	-8.9%
Dec 31, 2012	-3.8%	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2013	-4.1%	-4.2%
Dec 31, 2014	-3.2%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2015	-2.8%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2016	-2.4%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2017	-2.6%	-2.9%
Dec 31, 2018	-2.3%	-4.8%
Dec 31, 2019	—	-5.4%
Dec 31, 2020	—	-14.4%
Dec 31, 2021	—	-12.7%
Dec 31, 2022	-5.3%	-4.5%
Dec 31, 2023	—	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2024	—	-7.2%