Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Melanesia

Budget balance in Melanesia in 2031 — -0.37%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.27 pp.

2031 -0.37% +0.07 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum 5.31%2007
Period minimum -8.23%2020

Trend over time

1991–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Melanesia, 1991–2031-10-50510199119951999200320072011201520192023202720311991: -0.64%1992: -3.55%1993: -4.06%1994: -0.65%1995: 1.03%1996: 0.86%1997: -0.4%1998: 1.12%1999: -0.92%2000: -0.48%2001: -2.23%2002: -2.44%2003: -0.5%2004: 1.65%2005: 2.05%2006: 3.8%2007: 5.31%2008: 2.3%2009: -4.41%2010: 2.24%2011: 1.73%2012: -0.88%2013: -5.11%2014: -5.26%2015: -4.27%2016: -4.69%2017: -2.41%2018: -2.52%2019: -4.37%2020: -8.23%2021: -7.21%2022: -6.11%2023: -4.59%2024: -3.24%2025: -2.49%2026: -2.06%2027: -1.1%2028: -0.91%2029: -0.51%2030: -0.44%2031: -0.37%
Change over the period: +0.27 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Melanesia -0.37%
World computed -4.85%
Budget balance — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -0.37 +0.07 pp
2030 -0.44 +0.06 pp
2029 -0.51 +0.4 pp
2028 -0.91 +0.19 pp
2027 -1.1 +0.96 pp
2026 -2.06 +0.44 pp
2025 -2.49 +0.75 pp
2024 -3.24 +1.35 pp
2023 -4.59 +1.52 pp
2022 -6.11 +1.1 pp
2021 -7.21 +1.02 pp
2020 -8.23 −3.85 pp
2019 -4.37 −1.85 pp
2018 -2.52 −0.11 pp
2017 -2.41 +2.28 pp
2016 -4.69 −0.42 pp
2015 -4.27 +0.99 pp
2014 -5.26 −0.15 pp
2013 -5.11 −4.22 pp
2012 -0.88 −2.62 pp
2011 1.73 −0.5 pp
2010 2.24 +6.65 pp
2009 -4.41 −6.72 pp
2008 2.3 −3.01 pp
2007 5.31 +1.5 pp
2006 3.8 +1.76 pp
2005 2.05 +0.4 pp
2004 1.65 +2.15 pp
2003 -0.5 +1.94 pp
2002 -2.44 −0.22 pp
2001 -2.23 −1.74 pp
2000 -0.48 +0.44 pp
1999 -0.92 −2.04 pp
1998 1.12 +1.52 pp
1997 -0.4 −1.26 pp
1996 0.86 −0.17 pp
1995 1.03 +1.68 pp
1994 -0.65 +3.41 pp
1993 -4.06 −0.51 pp
1992 -3.55 −2.91 pp
1991 -0.64

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.