Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Liberia

Budget balance in Liberia in 2031 — -0.9%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 188. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.8 pp.

2031 -0.9% +0.1 pp vs 2030
World rank 48of 188
Period maximum 4.2%2006
Period minimum -8.5%2023

Trend over time

2000–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Liberia, 2000–2031-10-5052000200420082012201620202024202820312000: -0.1%2001: -0.9%2002: -1.6%2003: 0.4%2004: -0.6%2005: -0.5%2006: 4.2%2007: 2.3%2008: -2.7%2009: -1.4%2010: 1.2%2011: -4.4%2012: -2.9%2013: 1.3%2014: -4.9%2015: -3.7%2016: -3.8%2017: -7.1%2018: -4.7%2019: -4.9%2020: -4%2021: -2.5%2022: -5.8%2023: -8.5%2024: -1.8%2025: -1.4%2026: -1.6%2027: -1.1%2028: -1.4%2029: -2.2%2030: -1%2031: -0.9%
Change over the period: −0.8 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia -0.9%
World computed -4.85%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -3.08%
Western Africa computed -2.26%
Low-income countries computed -2.83%
Budget balance — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -0.9 +0.1 pp
2030 -1 +1.2 pp
2029 -2.2 −0.8 pp
2028 -1.4 −0.3 pp
2027 -1.1 +0.5 pp
2026 -1.6 −0.2 pp
2025 -1.4 +0.4 pp
2024 -1.8 +6.7 pp
2023 -8.5 −2.7 pp
2022 -5.8 −3.3 pp
2021 -2.5 +1.5 pp
2020 -4 +0.9 pp
2019 -4.9 −0.2 pp
2018 -4.7 +2.4 pp
2017 -7.1 −3.3 pp
2016 -3.8 −0.1 pp
2015 -3.7 +1.2 pp
2014 -4.9 −6.2 pp
2013 1.3 +4.2 pp
2012 -2.9 +1.5 pp
2011 -4.4 −5.6 pp
2010 1.2 +2.6 pp
2009 -1.4 +1.3 pp
2008 -2.7 −5 pp
2007 2.3 −1.9 pp
2006 4.2 +4.7 pp
2005 -0.5 +0.1 pp
2004 -0.6 −1 pp
2003 0.4 +2 pp
2002 -1.6 −0.7 pp
2001 -0.9 −0.8 pp
2000 -0.1

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.