Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Southern Europe

Budget balance in Southern Europe in 2031 — -2.33%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.03 pp.

2031 -2.33% −0.12 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum -0.69%2007
Period minimum -9.3%2020

Trend over time

2000–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Southern Europe, 2000–2031-10-7.5-5-2.502000200420082012201620202024202820312000: -2.3%2001: -2.66%2002: -2.4%2003: -2.8%2004: -2.93%2005: -2.55%2006: -1.82%2007: -0.69%2008: -3.89%2009: -8.14%2010: -6.86%2011: -6.27%2012: -6.25%2013: -4.74%2014: -4.29%2015: -3.58%2016: -2.8%2017: -2.38%2018: -1.93%2019: -1.72%2020: -9.3%2021: -7.4%2022: -5.73%2023: -4.63%2024: -2.73%2025: -2.4%2026: -2.21%2027: -2.24%2028: -2.12%2029: -2.2%2030: -2.22%2031: -2.33%
Change over the period: −0.03 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Southern Europe -2.33%
World computed -4.85%
Budget balance — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -2.33 −0.12 pp
2030 -2.22 −0.01 pp
2029 -2.2 −0.08 pp
2028 -2.12 +0.12 pp
2027 -2.24 −0.03 pp
2026 -2.21 +0.19 pp
2025 -2.4 +0.33 pp
2024 -2.73 +1.9 pp
2023 -4.63 +1.1 pp
2022 -5.73 +1.67 pp
2021 -7.4 +1.9 pp
2020 -9.3 −7.58 pp
2019 -1.72 +0.21 pp
2018 -1.93 +0.44 pp
2017 -2.38 +0.42 pp
2016 -2.8 +0.78 pp
2015 -3.58 +0.71 pp
2014 -4.29 +0.45 pp
2013 -4.74 +1.51 pp
2012 -6.25 +0.02 pp
2011 -6.27 +0.59 pp
2010 -6.86 +1.28 pp
2009 -8.14 −4.26 pp
2008 -3.89 −3.2 pp
2007 -0.69 +1.13 pp
2006 -1.82 +0.72 pp
2005 -2.55 +0.38 pp
2004 -2.93 −0.13 pp
2003 -2.8 −0.4 pp
2002 -2.4 +0.26 pp
2001 -2.66 −0.35 pp
2000 -2.3

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.