Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Southern Asia

Budget balance in Southern Asia in 2031 — -6.35%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.91 pp.

2031 -6.35% +0.09 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum -1.95%2000
Period minimum -11.24%2020

Trend over time

1990–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Southern Asia, 1990–2031-12.5-10-7.5-5-2.501990199520002005201020152020202520301990: -3.44%1991: -3.83%1992: -5.87%1993: -6.66%1994: -5.89%1995: -4.99%1996: -4.51%1997: -5.45%1998: -7.1%1999: -4.78%2000: -1.95%2001: -5.56%2002: -7.74%2003: -7.62%2004: -6.38%2005: -4.97%2006: -4.61%2007: -3.39%2008: -6.63%2009: -7.07%2010: -6.1%2011: -5.73%2012: -5.75%2013: -5.42%2014: -5.27%2015: -5.77%2016: -5.68%2017: -5.33%2018: -5.7%2019: -7.35%2020: -11.24%2021: -8.3%2022: -7.98%2023: -7.47%2024: -6.92%2025: -6.65%2026: -6.91%2027: -6.86%2028: -6.76%2029: -6.6%2030: -6.44%2031: -6.35%
Change over the period: −2.91 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Southern Asia -6.35%
World computed -4.85%
Budget balance — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -6.35 +0.09 pp
2030 -6.44 +0.17 pp
2029 -6.6 +0.16 pp
2028 -6.76 +0.1 pp
2027 -6.86 +0.05 pp
2026 -6.91 −0.26 pp
2025 -6.65 +0.27 pp
2024 -6.92 +0.56 pp
2023 -7.47 +0.51 pp
2022 -7.98 +0.32 pp
2021 -8.3 +2.94 pp
2020 -11.24 −3.89 pp
2019 -7.35 −1.65 pp
2018 -5.7 −0.36 pp
2017 -5.33 +0.35 pp
2016 -5.68 +0.09 pp
2015 -5.77 −0.5 pp
2014 -5.27 +0.15 pp
2013 -5.42 +0.33 pp
2012 -5.75 −0.02 pp
2011 -5.73 +0.37 pp
2010 -6.1 +0.97 pp
2009 -7.07 −0.44 pp
2008 -6.63 −3.24 pp
2007 -3.39 +1.22 pp
2006 -4.61 +0.36 pp
2005 -4.97 +1.42 pp
2004 -6.38 +1.24 pp
2003 -7.62 +0.11 pp
2002 -7.74 −2.18 pp
2001 -5.56 −3.61 pp
2000 -1.95 +2.83 pp
1999 -4.78 +2.32 pp
1998 -7.1 −1.65 pp
1997 -5.45 −0.94 pp
1996 -4.51 +0.48 pp
1995 -4.99 +0.9 pp
1994 -5.89 +0.77 pp
1993 -6.66 −0.8 pp
1992 -5.87 −2.03 pp
1991 -3.83 −0.39 pp
1990 -3.44

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.