Economics: Key tables from OECD – ISSN 2074-384x – © OECD 2014
| | Government deficit / surplus as a percentage of GDP | ||||||||
| | General government financial balance, surplus (+), deficit (-) | ||||||||
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
|
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Australia
|
-0.6
|
-4.7
|
-5.1
|
-3.6
|
-2.9
|
-1.4
|
-2.5
|
-1.4
|
| |
Austria
|
-1.0
|
-4.1
|
-4.5
|
-2.4
|
-2.6
|
-1.5
|
-2.8
|
-1.3
|
| |
Belgium
|
-1.1
|
-5.6
|
-4.0
|
-4.0
|
-4.1
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-2.7
|
-2.1
|
-1.2
|
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Canada
|
-0.3
|
-4.5
|
-4.9
|
-3.7
|
-3.4
|
-3.0
|
-2.1
|
-1.2
|
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Czech Republic
|
-2.2
|
-5.8
|
-4.7
|
-3.2
|
-4.2
|
-1.5
|
-2.1
|
-2.6
|
| |
Denmark
|
3.3
|
-2.8
|
-2.7
|
-2.0
|
-3.9
|
-0.9
|
-1.5
|
-3.0
|
| |
Estonia
|
-3.0
|
-2.0
|
0.2
|
1.1
|
-0.2
|
-0.2
|
-0.2
|
-0.1
|
| |
Finland
|
4.3
|
-2.7
|
-2.8
|
-1.0
|
-2.2
|
-2.5
|
-2.2
|
-0.9
|
| |
France
|
-3.3
|
-7.5
|
-7.0
|
-5.2
|
-4.9
|
-4.3
|
-3.8
|
-3.1
|
| |
Germany
|
-0.1
|
-3.1
|
-4.2
|
-0.8
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
-0.2
|
0.2
|
| |
Greece
|
-9.9
|
-15.6
|
-11.0
|
-9.6
|
-8.9
|
-12.7
|
-2.5
|
-1.4
|
| |
Hungary
|
-3.7
|
-4.5
|
-4.4
|
4.2
|
-2.2
|
-2.3
|
-2.9
|
-2.9
|
| |
Iceland
|
-13.5
|
-9.9
|
-10.1
|
-5.6
|
-3.8
|
-2.1
|
-2.0
|
-2.1
|
| |
Ireland
|
-7.4
|
-13.7
|
-30.6
|
-13.0
|
-8.1
|
-7.0
|
-4.7
|
-3.1
|
| |
Israel 1
|
-3.3
|
-6.2
|
-4.6
|
-3.9
|
-5.1
|
-4.3
|
-3.9
|
-3.6
|
| |
Italy
|
-2.7
|
-5.4
|
-4.4
|
-3.6
|
-2.9
|
-2.8
|
-2.7
|
-2.1
|
| |
Japan
|
-1.9
|
-8.8
|
-8.3
|
-8.8
|
-8.7
|
-9.3
|
-8.4
|
-6.7
|
| |
Korea
|
2.9
|
-1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
-0.4
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
| |
Luxembourg
|
3.2
|
-0.7
|
-0.8
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
-0.9
|
| |
Netherlands
|
0.5
|
-5.6
|
-5.0
|
-4.3
|
-4.0
|
-2.4
|
-2.7
|
-2.0
|
| |
New Zealand
|
0.4
|
-2.7
|
-7.4
|
-4.4
|
-2.1
|
-0.3
|
0.1
|
0.7
|
| |
Norway
|
18.8
|
10.5
|
11.1
|
13.6
|
13.9
|
11.1
|
10.7
|
10.2
|
| |
Poland
|
-3.7
|
-7.5
|
-7.8
|
-5.1
|
-3.9
|
-4.3
|
5.6
|
-2.9
|
| |
Portugal
|
-3.7
|
-10.2
|
-9.9
|
-4.3
|
-6.5
|
-5.0
|
-4.0
|
-2.4
|
| |
Slovak Republic
|
-2.1
|
-8.0
|
-7.5
|
-4.8
|
-4.5
|
-2.8
|
-2.7
|
-2.6
|
| |
Slovenia
|
-1.9
|
-6.3
|
-5.9
|
-6.4
|
-4.0
|
-14.7
|
-4.1
|
-2.6
|
| |
Spain
|
-4.5
|
-11.1
|
-9.6
|
-9.6
|
-10.6
|
-7.1
|
-5.5
|
-4.5
|
| |
Sweden
|
2.2
|
-1.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-0.7
|
-1.3
|
-1.5
|
-0.8
|
| |
Switzerland
|
2.0
|
0.8
|
0.3
|
0.7
|
-0.2
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
| |
United Kingdom
|
-5.1
|
-11.2
|
-10.0
|
-7.9
|
-6.3
|
-5.9
|
-5.3
|
-4.1
|
| |
United States
|
-7.2
|
-12.8
|
-12.2
|
-10.7
|
-9.3
|
-6.4
|
-5.8
|
-4.6
|
| |
Euro area (15 countries)
|
-2.1
|
-6.3
|
-6.2
|
-4.1
|
-3.7
|
-3.0
|
-2.5
|
-1.8
|
| |
OECD-Total
|
-3.5
|
-8.4
|
-8.0
|
-6.5
|
-5.9
|
-4.6
|
-3.9
|
-3.2
|
| |
Brazil
|
-2.0
|
-3.3
|
-2.5
|
-2.6
|
-2.5
|
-3.3
|
-3.4
|
-3.1
|
| |
China
|
0.9
|
-1.1
|
-0.7
|
0.1
|
-0.3
|
-0.7
|
-1.2
|
-1.2
|
| |
India
|
-7.1
|
-9.6
|
-7.4
|
-7.4
|
-7.5
|
-7.1
|
-6.5
|
-5.9
|
| |
Indonesia
|
-0.1
|
-1.6
|
-0.7
|
-1.1
|
-1.9
|
-2.2
|
-2.2
|
-2.0
|
| |
Russian Federation
|
7.3
|
-4.0
|
-1.2
|
4.2
|
0.5
|
-0.5
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
| |
South Africa
|
-1.4
|
-5.2
|
-6.0
|
-5.6
|
-6.2
|
-6.1
|
-5.8
|
-5.5
|
| Last updated: 4 June 2014; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | |||||||||
| Note: For more information, see OECD Economic Outlook Sources and Methods (http://www.oecd.org/eco/sources-and-methods.htm). | |||||||||
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| Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 95 (database) | |||||||||
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