Economics: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-384x - © OECD 2012
| Government deficit / surplus as a percentage of GDP | ||||||||
| General government financial balance, surplus (+), deficit (-) | ||||||||
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| | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | 1.8 | -0.8 | -4.5 | -4.7 | -4.0 | -2.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Austria | -1.0 | -1.0 | -4.1 | -4.5 | -2.5 | -3.1 | -2.7 | -2.1 |
| Belgium | -0.1 | -1.1 | -5.6 | -3.9 | -3.9 | -2.8 | -2.3 | -1.7 |
| Canada | 1.4 | -0.4 | -4.8 | -5.4 | -4.3 | -3.5 | -3.0 | -2.5 |
| Czech Republic | -0.7 | -2.2 | -5.8 | -4.8 | -3.2 | -3.3 | -3.3 | -2.7 |
| Denmark | 4.8 | 3.3 | -2.8 | -2.7 | -2.0 | -4.1 | -2.1 | -1.7 |
| Estonia | 2.4 | -2.9 | -2.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -1.0 | -0.3 | 0.2 |
| Finland | 5.3 | 4.3 | -2.7 | -2.8 | -0.9 | -1.4 | -1.0 | -0.4 |
| France | -2.7 | -3.3 | -7.6 | -7.1 | -5.2 | -4.5 | -3.4 | -2.9 |
| Germany | 0.2 | -0.1 | -3.1 | -4.2 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 |
| Greece | -6.8 | -9.9 | -15.6 | -10.8 | -9.5 | -6.9 | -5.6 | -4.6 |
| Hungary | -5.1 | -3.7 | -4.5 | -4.5 | 4.3 | -3.0 | -2.7 | -2.7 |
| Iceland | 5.4 | -13.5 | -10.0 | -10.1 | -5.4 | -1.8 | -0.4 | 0.7 |
| Ireland | 0.1 | -7.4 | -13.9 | -30.9 | -13.3 | -8.1 | -7.5 | -5.3 |
| Israel 1 | -1.6 | -4.0 | -6.7 | -4.8 | -4.4 | -4.7 | -4.1 | -4.0 |
| Italy | -1.6 | -2.7 | -5.4 | -4.3 | -3.8 | -3.0 | -2.9 | -3.4 |
| Japan | -2.1 | -1.9 | -8.8 | -8.4 | -9.3 | -9.9 | -10.1 | -7.9 |
| Korea | 4.7 | 3.0 | -1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Luxembourg | 3.7 | 3.2 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -1.7 | -0.9 |
| Netherlands | 0.2 | 0.5 | -5.6 | -5.0 | -4.4 | -3.8 | -3.0 | -2.5 |
| New Zealand | 4.5 | 0.4 | -2.6 | -3.8 | -7.9 | -4.3 | -3.6 | -2.1 |
| Norway | 17.3 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 16.8 |
| Poland | -1.9 | -3.7 | -7.4 | -7.9 | -5.0 | -3.5 | -2.9 | -2.3 |
| Portugal | -3.2 | -3.7 | -10.2 | -9.8 | -4.4 | -5.2 | -4.9 | -2.9 |
| Slovak Republic | -1.8 | -2.1 | -8.0 | -7.7 | -4.9 | -4.6 | -2.9 | -2.4 |
| Slovenia | 0.0 | -1.9 | -6.0 | -5.7 | -6.4 | -4.3 | -3.6 | -3.0 |
| Spain | 1.9 | -4.5 | -11.2 | -9.7 | -9.4 | -8.1 | -6.3 | -5.9 |
| Sweden | 3.6 | 2.2 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.2 |
| Switzerland | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| United Kingdom | -2.8 | -5.0 | -10.9 | -10.1 | -8.3 | -6.6 | -6.9 | -6.0 |
| United States | -2.9 | -6.6 | -11.9 | -11.4 | -10.2 | -8.5 | -6.8 | -5.2 |
| Euro area (15 countries) | -0.7 | -2.1 | -6.3 | -6.2 | -4.1 | -3.3 | -2.8 | -2.6 |
| Major-seven | -2.2 | -4.3 | -9.4 | -9.0 | -7.9 | -6.8 | -5.9 | -4.8 |
| OECD-Total | -1.3 | -3.4 | -8.2 | -7.7 | -6.5 | -5.5 | -4.6 | -3.6 |
| Brazil | -2.8 | -2.0 | -3.3 | -2.5 | -2.6 | -2.2 | -1.7 | -2.0 |
| China | 2.0 | 0.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -2.0 | -2.2 | -1.7 |
| India | -4.0 | -7.1 | -9.7 | -7.4 | -7.9 | -8.4 | -8.3 | -7.6 |
| Indonesia | -1.3 | -0.1 | -1.6 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -2.0 | -1.8 | -1.6 |
| Russian Federation | 5.6 | 7.3 | -4.3 | -3.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| South Africa | -0.6 | -1.7 | -4.9 | -6.0 | -5.2 | -5.0 | -4.7 | -4.0 |
Last updated: 5 December 2012; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | |||||||||
Note: For more information, see OECD Economic Outlook Sources and Methods (http://www.oecd.org/eco/sources-and-methods). | |||||||||
Information on data for Israel: http://oe.cd/israel-disclaimer. | |||||||||
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 92 (database) |