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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	Italy	Germany
Dec 31, 2001	-2.8%	-1.4%
Dec 31, 2002	-2.1%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2003	-2.9%	-1.7%
Dec 31, 2004	-2.6%	-1.8%
Dec 31, 2005	-3.3%	-2.2%
Dec 31, 2006	-2.7%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2007	-1.3%	-0.2%
Dec 31, 2008	-2.5%	-0.3%
Dec 31, 2009	-4.9%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2010	-3.7%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2011	-3.2%	-0.4%
Dec 31, 2012	-3.3%	0.1%
Dec 31, 2013	-2.9%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2014	-3.0%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2015	-2.8%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2016	-2.6%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2017	-2.7%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2018	-2.4%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2019	-1.6%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2020	-9.2%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2021	-8.7%	-3.5%
Dec 31, 2022	-8.0%	-2.6%
Dec 31, 2023	-7.4%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2024	-3.4%	-1.7%