Fiscal Balance (% of GDP) Rankings by Country: World, 2026

Showing: 189 (185 countries, 4 territories)

1	Kuwait	27.6%
2	Nauru	13.1%
3	Norway	10.2%
4	Oman	5.2%
5	United Arab Emirates	4.9%
6	Macao	4.2%
7	Lesotho	4.2%
8	Singapore	3.3%
9	Liechtenstein	3%
10	Cyprus	2.6%
11	Andorra	2.2%
12	Aruba	1.9%
13	Azerbaijan	1.8%
14	Nicaragua	1.4%
15	South Sudan	1.4%
16	São Tomé and Príncipe	1%
17	Palau	0.8%
18	Greece	0.6%
19	Samoa	0.6%
20	Ireland	0.6%
21	Mauritania	0.5%
22	Argentina	0.5%
23	Republic of the Congo	0.4%
24	Federated States of Micronesia	0.4%
25	Laos	0.4%
26	Turkmenistan	0.3%
27	Switzerland	0.2%
28	Denmark	0.2%
29	Barbados	-0.1%
30	Portugal	-0.1%
31	Belarus	-0.2%
32	Bahamas	-0.3%
33	Puerto Rico	-0.4%
34	Djibouti	-0.5%
35	Mongolia	-0.5%
36	Somalia	-0.6%
37	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.6%
38	Haiti	-0.7%
39	Zimbabwe	-0.8%
40	Uzbekistan	-0.8%
41	Cabo Verde	-0.9%
42	Gambia	-1%
43	Dominica	-1%
44	Comoros	-1.1%
45	Papua New Guinea	-1.1%
46	Iceland	-1.1%
47	Luxembourg	-1.2%
48	Yemen	-1.2%
49	Tuvalu	-1.3%
50	Paraguay	-1.3%
51	Kazakhstan	-1.3%
52	Chad	-1.4%
53	Honduras	-1.5%
54	South Korea	-1.5%
55	Belize	-1.5%
56	San Marino	-1.6%
57	Kosovo	-1.6%
58	Liberia	-1.6%
59	Equatorial Guinea	-1.7%
60	Cameroon	-1.7%
61	Ethiopia	-1.8%
62	Peru	-2%
63	Vietnam	-2%
64	El Salvador	-2%
65	Albania	-2%
66	Japan	-2%
67	Russia	-2%
68	Spain	-2.1%
69	Seychelles	-2.1%
70	Taiwan	-2.1%
71	Guatemala	-2.2%
72	Sierra Leone	-2.2%
73	Thailand	-2.2%
74	Ghana	-2.3%
75	Czechia	-2.3%
76	Georgia	-2.3%
77	Mali	-2.4%
78	Sweden	-2.4%
79	Australia	-2.4%
80	Angola	-2.4%
81	Chile	-2.5%
82	Nepal	-2.5%
83	Tajikistan	-2.5%
84	Burundi	-2.5%
85	Slovenia	-2.7%
86	Netherlands	-2.7%
87	Canada	-2.7%
88	Italy	-2.8%
89	Lithuania	-2.8%
90	Serbia	-2.9%
91	Malta	-2.9%
92	Bhutan	-2.9%
93	Benin	-2.9%
94	Croatia	-2.9%
95	Saint Lucia	-2.9%
96	Indonesia	-2.9%
97	Côte d’Ivoire	-3%
98	Mauritius	-3.1%
99	Pakistan	-3.2%
100	Tanzania	-3.2%
101	Bulgaria	-3.3%
102	Malaysia	-3.3%
103	Latvia	-3.3%
104	Türkiye	-3.4%
105	Panama	-3.4%
106	Solomon Islands	-3.4%
107	Qatar	-3.4%
108	DR Congo	-3.5%
109	Saudi Arabia	-3.5%
110	Dominican Republic	-3.5%
111	Burkina Faso	-3.5%
112	Morocco	-3.5%
113	Kyrgyzstan	-3.6%
114	Costa Rica	-3.6%
115	Niger	-3.7%
116	Cambodia	-3.7%
117	Philippines	-3.7%
118	Uruguay	-3.8%
119	Germany	-3.8%
120	United Kingdom	-3.9%
121	New Zealand	-3.9%
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-4%
123	Montenegro	-4%
124	Guinea-Bissau	-4%
125	North Macedonia	-4.2%
126	Austria	-4.2%
127	Vanuatu	-4.2%
128	Bangladesh	-4.3%
129	Rwanda	-4.3%
130	Slovakia	-4.4%
131	Sudan	-4.4%
132	Mexico	-4.4%
133	Nigeria	-4.4%
134	Estonia	-4.5%
135	Armenia	-4.5%
136	Trinidad and Tobago	-4.6%
137	Madagascar	-4.6%
138	Suriname	-4.7%
139	Moldova	-4.7%
140	Finland	-4.8%
141	Zambia	-4.9%
142	South Africa	-4.9%
143	Jamaica	-4.9%
144	France	-4.9%
145	Guinea	-5%
146	Central African Republic	-5%
147	Myanmar	-5%
148	Belgium	-5.1%
149	Grenada	-5.1%
150	Colombia	-5.2%
151	Hong Kong	-5.2%
152	Iran	-5.2%
153	Jordan	-5.4%
154	Hungary	-5.5%
155	Israel	-5.9%
156	Uganda	-5.9%
157	Namibia	-6.1%
158	Marshall Islands	-6.1%
159	Romania	-6.2%
160	Fiji	-6.4%
161	Guyana	-6.4%
162	Kenya	-6.4%
163	Mozambique	-6.5%
164	Togo	-6.7%
165	Senegal	-6.7%
166	Poland	-6.7%
167	Eswatini	-6.9%
168	Tunisia	-7.4%
169	India	-7.4%
170	United States	-7.5%
171	Brazil	-7.7%
172	Iraq	-7.9%
173	China	-8.2%
174	Tonga	-8.4%
175	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-8.7%
176	Bolivia	-9.3%
177	Gabon	-10%
178	Algeria	-10.2%
179	Malawi	-10.5%
180	Bahrain	-10.6%
181	Botswana	-10.7%
182	Brunei	-10.7%
183	Maldives	-11.2%
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-12.1%
185	Egypt	-12.1%
186	Kiribati	-16.7%
187	Ukraine	-18.4%
188	Libya	-20.9%
189	Timor-Leste	-51.6%

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