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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	Netherlands	United States
Dec 31, 2001	-0.3%	0.0%
Dec 31, 2002	-1.7%	-2.8%
Dec 31, 2003	-2.7%	-4.1%
Dec 31, 2004	-1.5%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2005	-0.2%	-3.0%
Dec 31, 2006	0.3%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2007	0.2%	-2.4%
Dec 31, 2008	0.6%	-5.2%
Dec 31, 2009	-4.1%	-10.2%
Dec 31, 2010	-4.2%	-10.0%
Dec 31, 2011	-3.8%	-8.9%
Dec 31, 2012	-3.4%	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2013	-2.5%	-4.2%
Dec 31, 2014	-1.9%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2015	-1.7%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2016	0.2%	-3.8%
Dec 31, 2017	1.4%	-2.9%
Dec 31, 2018	1.7%	-4.8%
Dec 31, 2019	2.2%	-5.4%
Dec 31, 2020	-3.5%	-14.4%
Dec 31, 2021	-2.4%	-12.7%
Dec 31, 2022	-0.3%	-4.5%
Dec 31, 2023	-0.2%	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2024	-0.6%	-7.2%