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

Showing: 182 (179 countries, 3 territories)

1	Norway	6.8%
2	Lesotho	6.1%
3	United Arab Emirates	5.6%
4	Oman	5.4%
5	Aruba	5.4%
6	Republic of the Congo	4.4%
7	Barbados	4.1%
8	Greece	3.8%
9	Cyprus	3.7%
10	Bahamas	3.7%
11	South Sudan	3.6%
12	Laos	3.3%
13	Liechtenstein	3%
14	El Salvador	2.9%
15	Nicaragua	2.8%
16	Andorra	2.7%
17	Egypt	2.6%
18	Pakistan	2.5%
19	Azerbaijan	2.5%
20	Gambia	2.4%
21	Yemen	1.9%
22	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.9%
23	Argentina	1.9%
24	Portugal	1.7%
25	Mexico	1.6%
26	Ghana	1.5%
27	Antigua and Barbuda	1.4%
28	Zambia	1.4%
29	Mauritania	1.4%
30	San Marino	1.4%
31	Sierra Leone	1.4%
32	Mongolia	1.3%
33	Angola	1.3%
34	Iceland	1.3%
35	Cabo Verde	1.2%
36	Papua New Guinea	1.2%
37	Belize	1.1%
38	Belarus	1%
39	Dominica	1%
40	Costa Rica	0.9%
41	Ireland	0.8%
42	Italy	0.8%
43	South Africa	0.6%
44	Jamaica	0.6%
45	Zimbabwe	0.6%
46	Federated States of Micronesia	0.6%
47	Saint Lucia	0.4%
48	Puerto Rico	0.4%
49	Paraguay	0.4%
50	Switzerland	0.3%
51	Spain	0.3%
52	Jordan	0.2%
53	Albania	0.2%
54	Uzbekistan	0.2%
55	Dominican Republic	0.2%
56	Seychelles	0.1%
57	Suriname	-0%
58	Cameroon	-0.2%
59	Djibouti	-0.2%
60	Côte d’Ivoire	-0.3%
61	Mauritius	-0.3%
62	Guinea-Bissau	-0.3%
63	Türkiye	-0.3%
64	Equatorial Guinea	-0.3%
65	Haiti	-0.4%
66	Panama	-0.4%
67	Liberia	-0.4%
68	Denmark	-0.4%
69	Brazil	-0.5%
70	Guatemala	-0.5%
71	Peru	-0.5%
72	Tanzania	-0.5%
73	Somalia	-0.5%
74	Chad	-0.5%
75	Ethiopia	-0.6%
76	Indonesia	-0.7%
77	Georgia	-0.7%
78	Namibia	-0.7%
79	Comoros	-0.8%
80	Russia	-0.8%
81	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.8%
82	Philippines	-0.8%
83	Mali	-0.9%
84	Honduras	-0.9%
85	Nepal	-0.9%
86	Kenya	-0.9%
87	Kazakhstan	-1%
88	Kuwait	-1%
89	Serbia	-1%
90	Bhutan	-1%
91	Thailand	-1%
92	Kosovo	-1.1%
93	Vietnam	-1.1%
94	Benin	-1.1%
95	Luxembourg	-1.2%
96	Malaysia	-1.2%
97	United Kingdom	-1.2%
98	Morocco	-1.3%
99	Australia	-1.3%
100	Armenia	-1.4%
101	Uganda	-1.4%
102	Burkina Faso	-1.4%
103	Senegal	-1.4%
104	Burundi	-1.4%
105	Montenegro	-1.4%
106	South Korea	-1.4%
107	Uruguay	-1.5%
108	Czechia	-1.6%
109	Malta	-1.6%
110	Nigeria	-1.6%
111	Chile	-1.7%
112	Slovenia	-1.7%
113	Japan	-1.7%
114	Croatia	-1.8%
115	Hungary	-1.8%
116	Tajikistan	-1.9%
117	India	-1.9%
118	Niger	-2%
119	Netherlands	-2%
120	Bangladesh	-2%
121	Mozambique	-2%
122	Qatar	-2.1%
123	Latvia	-2.1%
124	Rwanda	-2.1%
125	Lithuania	-2.2%
126	Fiji	-2.2%
127	North Macedonia	-2.3%
128	Kyrgyzstan	-2.3%
129	Malawi	-2.3%
130	Colombia	-2.4%
131	Canada	-2.4%
132	Sweden	-2.5%
133	Myanmar	-2.6%
134	Bulgaria	-2.6%
135	Austria	-2.7%
136	France	-2.7%
137	Solomon Islands	-2.8%
138	Germany	-2.8%
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-2.9%
140	New Zealand	-3%
141	Eswatini	-3%
142	Saudi Arabia	-3%
143	Iran	-3%
144	Slovakia	-3.1%
145	Moldova	-3.1%
146	Israel	-3.1%
147	DR Congo	-3.1%
148	Tuvalu	-3.2%
149	Belgium	-3.3%
150	Vanuatu	-3.3%
151	Cambodia	-3.3%
152	Grenada	-3.3%
153	Romania	-3.4%
154	Guinea	-3.4%
155	Tunisia	-3.4%
156	Bahrain	-3.5%
157	Central African Republic	-3.5%
158	Madagascar	-3.5%
159	United States	-3.7%
160	Sudan	-4%
161	Finland	-4%
162	Togo	-4.2%
163	Estonia	-4.2%
164	Poland	-4.2%
165	Hong Kong	-5.8%
166	Guyana	-5.9%
167	Bolivia	-6%
168	Marshall Islands	-6%
169	Gabon	-6.4%
170	China	-7%
171	Iraq	-7.2%
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-7.5%
173	Tonga	-8%
174	Botswana	-8.1%
175	Maldives	-8.2%
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-8.4%
177	Algeria	-9.4%
178	Brunei	-10.7%
179	Ukraine	-13.3%
180	Kiribati	-16.6%
181	Libya	-20.9%
182	Timor-Leste	-51.2%

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