Government budget balance to GDP: compare countries

See Government budget balance to GDP for up to four countries side by side.

To start, we chose Poland, United States, Germany. Add or remove countries to compare the ones you want.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government budget balance to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Poland	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2001	-4.6%	0.0%	-1.4%
Dec 31, 2002	-4.5%	-2.8%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2003	-5.7%	-4.1%	-1.7%
Dec 31, 2004	-5.1%	-3.8%	-1.8%
Dec 31, 2005	-3.8%	-3.0%	-2.2%
Dec 31, 2006	-3.3%	-2.1%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2007	-1.9%	-2.4%	-0.2%
Dec 31, 2008	-3.4%	-5.2%	-0.3%
Dec 31, 2009	-6.2%	-10.2%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2010	-6.1%	-10.0%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2011	-4.1%	-8.9%	-0.4%
Dec 31, 2012	-3.4%	-7.3%	0.1%
Dec 31, 2013	-4.0%	-4.2%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2014	-3.4%	-3.7%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2015	-2.5%	-3.2%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2016	-2.7%	-3.8%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2017	-1.6%	-2.9%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2018	0.1%	-4.8%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2019	-0.5%	-5.4%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2020	-7.0%	-14.4%	-3.7%
Dec 31, 2021	-2.2%	-12.7%	-3.5%
Dec 31, 2022	-2.9%	-4.5%	-2.6%
Dec 31, 2023	-4.5%	-7.3%	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2024	-6.9%	-7.2%	-1.7%