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Budget balance / GDP

General government net lending/borrowing, % of GDP

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Countries
54 of 54 have data
Period
Latest figures range from 2019 to 2026: 53 countries report 2026; 1 reports an earlier year (2019).
Source
IMF WEO Oct 2025 estimate

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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Budget balance / GDP: Highest to lowest
Rank Country Value (% of GDP) Year Change from previous figure Compare
1 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare 4.19% ↑ 2.04 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 2.04 pts + compare
2 🇪🇷 Eritrea+ compare 2.72% ↓ 2.51 pts from previous figure 2019 ↓ 2.51 pts + compare
3 🇸🇸 South Sudan+ compare 1.37% ↓ 2.08 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.08 pts + compare
4 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare 1.02% ↑ 3.55 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 3.55 pts + compare
5 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare 0.53% ↑ 0.83 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.83 pts + compare
6 🇨🇬 Congo+ compare 0.4% ↑ 0.12 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.12 pts + compare
7 🇩🇯 Djibouti+ compare -0.46% ↑ 0.24 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.24 pts + compare
8 🇸🇴 Somalia+ compare -0.59% ↓ 0.29 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.29 pts + compare
9 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare -0.75% ↓ 0.83 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.83 pts + compare
10 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare -0.88% ↓ 1.93 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.93 pts + compare
11 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare -0.99% ↑ 1.96 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.96 pts + compare
12 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare -1.11% ↑ 1.23 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.23 pts + compare
13 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare -1.38% ↓ 0.12 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.12 pts + compare
14 🇱🇷 Liberia+ compare -1.63% ↓ 0.21 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.21 pts + compare
15 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea+ compare -1.66% ↑ 0.89 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.89 pts + compare
16 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare -1.67% ↑ 0.34 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.34 pts + compare
17 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare -1.76% ↓ 0.57 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.57 pts + compare
18 🇸🇨 Seychelles+ compare -2.08% ↓ 1.09 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.09 pts + compare
19 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare -2.19% ↑ 2.01 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 2.01 pts + compare
20 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare -2.26% ↓ 0.91 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.91 pts + compare
21 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare -2.42% ↓ 0.83 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.83 pts + compare
22 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare -2.45% ↑ 1.63 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.63 pts + compare
23 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare -2.54% ↑ 0.44 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.44 pts + compare
24 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare -2.9% → 0 from previous figure 2026 → 0 + compare
25 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare -3.04% ↓ 0.04 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.04 pts + compare
26 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare -3.13% ↑ 0.56 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.56 pts + compare
27 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare -3.21% ↓ 0.17 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.17 pts + compare
28 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare -3.46% ↓ 0.7 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.7 pts + compare
29 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare -3.5% ↑ 0.04 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.04 pts + compare
30 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare -3.53% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.01 pts + compare
31 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare -3.65% ↓ 0.37 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.37 pts + compare
32 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare -3.99% ↑ 2.71 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 2.71 pts + compare
33 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare -4.34% ↑ 0.16 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.16 pts + compare
34 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare -4.37% ↓ 1.27 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.27 pts + compare
35 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare -4.39% ↓ 2.63 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.63 pts + compare
36 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare -4.61% ↓ 2.4 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.4 pts + compare
37 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare -4.87% ↓ 1.03 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.03 pts + compare
38 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare -4.87% ↑ 0.91 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.91 pts + compare
39 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare -4.96% ↑ 2.04 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 2.04 pts + compare
40 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare -4.98% ↑ 0.51 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.51 pts + compare
41 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare -5.92% ↑ 1.21 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.21 pts + compare
42 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare -6.08% ↑ 0.39 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.39 pts + compare
43 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare -6.42% ↓ 0.01 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.01 pts + compare
44 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare -6.48% ↓ 2.51 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.51 pts + compare
45 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare -6.7% ↓ 3.47 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 3.47 pts + compare
46 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare -6.7% ↑ 1.2 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.2 pts + compare
47 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare -6.88% ↓ 0.74 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.74 pts + compare
48 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare -7.4% ↓ 2.16 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.16 pts + compare
49 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare -9.97% ↓ 1.5 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.5 pts + compare
50 🇩🇿 Algeria+ compare -10.24% ↓ 0.09 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.09 pts + compare
51 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare -10.51% ↑ 0.97 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.97 pts + compare
52 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare -10.69% ↓ 3.27 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 3.27 pts + compare
53 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare -12.13% ↓ 5.57 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 5.57 pts + compare
54 🇱🇾 Libya+ compare -20.91% ↑ 10.15 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 10.15 pts + compare
Median -3.33% median of shown

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