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Government at a Glance - 2017 edition

IndicatorPart I: Public finance and economics
General government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDPInformation on itemGeneral government gross debt as a percentage of GDPInformation on itemGeneral government revenues as a percentage of GDPInformation on itemGeneral government expenditures as a percentage of GDPInformation on item
Year20152016201520162015201620152016
UnitPercentagePercentagePercentagePercentage
Country
Australia-2.91..Information on item43.58Information on item45.9
(E) 34.28
..
(E) 37.18
..
Austria-1.08-1.55101.08..50.5949.5251.6651.08
Belgium-2.51-2.62126.73127.5251.3550.7353.8753.35
Canada-1.32-1.95Information on item98.43Information on item99.4439.7839.6141.141.56
Chile-2.27..24.52..........
Colombia-3.19..65.35..34.33..37.52..
Costa Rica....40.8343.71........
Czechia-0.640.5853.9349.6541.4440.4842.0839.89
Denmark-1.34-0.953.09..53.4852.7354.8353.63
Estonia0.10.2712.9713.0640.4740.6740.3640.4
Finland-2.73-1.9274.8975.93
(B) 54.24
54.21
(B) 56.98
56.13
France
(P) -3.61
(P) -3.41
121.09123.42
(P) 53.43
(P) 53.08
(P) 57.04
(P) 56.5
GermanyInformation on item0.690.7679.2576.4744.6745.0543.9844.3
Greece-5.930.73181.61185.2448.2849.7354.2149
Hungary-1.55-1.8596.9697.0148.4845.6250.0347.47
Iceland-0.8417.22Information on item73.75..42.0658.4542.8941.23
Ireland-1.97-0.5791.54..27.5827.4729.5428.05
IsraelInformation on item-2.06..77.98..37.59..39.66..
Italy-2.69-2.44157.54156.3947.7647.1550.4549.59
Japan-3.51..221.77..35.85..39.37..
Korea1.41..Information on item45.81..33.79..32.38..
Latvia-1.250.0140.7844.6935.7836.3637.0436.34
LithuaniaInformation on item-0.20.2653.85..34.9234.4635.1234.2
Luxembourg1.411.5630.72..42.6742.7141.2641.15
Mexico-0.88..53.52..23.65..24.54..
Netherlands
(P) -2.09
(P) 0.42
78.175.84
(P) 43.25
(P) 44.05
(P) 45.34
(P) 43.64
New Zealand-0.03......39.45..39.47..
Norway5.993.1338.8742.4554.7854.248.7951.07
Poland-2.57-2.4269.3871.9138.9938.8541.5641.27
Portugal-4.36-2.01149.24146.4643.9643.0548.3245.06
Slovak Republic-2.74-1.6859.2759.0642.8239.9545.5641.63
Slovenia-2.92-1.84102.1197.4545.243.6348.1245.48
Spain-5.13-4.54116.85117.2338.6337.8643.7642.4
Sweden0.280.9Information on item53.32Information on item51.7150.4750.9350.1950.03
Switzerland1.07..45.24..34.96..33.89..
Türkiye1.31..27.44..34.44..33.13..
United Kingdom-4.35-2.95112.62123.1238.5239.1442.8742.09
United States-4.22..Information on item105.61Information on item107.3533.52..37.74..
OECD - AverageInformation on itemInformation on item-1.64..Information on item85.58..Information on item42.18..Information on item43.82..
OECD - TotalInformation on itemInformation on item-2.84..Information on item111.97..Information on item38.07..Information on item40.91..
Non-OECD EconomiesChina (People's Republic of)....42.6146.23........
India-7.07-6.5769.5569.5420.3921.3327.4627.9
Indonesia-2.49-2.4826.8727.8514.8714.317.3616.78
Russia....17.92..........
South Africa....49.7850.47........
Legend:
BBreak
EEstimated value
PProvisional value
Data extracted on 19 Apr 2024 03:57 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat