List of countries by government budget

The list is mainly based on CIA World Factbook for the year 2016 and 2019.[1] The Chinese, Brazilian, Indian, and United States government budgets are the figures reported by the International Monetary Fund.[2]

The table includes information from government's budgets; namely revenues, expenditures and the resulting deficits or surpluses. The countries are ranked by their budget revenues in fiscal year 2016. Both sovereign states and dependent territories are included.

List

These figures are given as millions USD.

Rank	Country	Revenues	Expenditures	Surplus (or deficit)	Surplus percentage of GDP	Year
1	United States	5,923,829	9,818,534	−3,894,705	−18.72%	2020 est.[3]
2	China	3,622,313	5,388,814	−1,766,501	−11.88%	2020 est.[3]
3	Germany	1,729,224	2,038,247	−309,203	−8.18%	2020 est.[3]
4	Japan	1,666,454	2,362,676	−696,222	−14.15%	2020 est.[3]
5	France	1,334,944	1,609,710	−274,766	−10.77%	2020 est.[3]
6	United Kingdom	966,407	1,400,776	−434,369	−16.46%	2020 est.[3]
7	Italy	863,785	1,103,721	−239,936	−12.98%	2020 est.[3]
8	Canada	598,434	917,271	−318,837	−19.92%	2020 est.[3]
9	Spain	481,945	657,750	−175,805	−14.09%	2020 est.[3]
10	India	468,739	807,771	−339,032	−13.07%	2020 est.[3]
11	Russia	468,651	546,027	−77,376	−5.29%	2020 est.[3]
12	Australia	459,546	593,856	−134,310	−10.06%	2020 est.[3]
13	Brazil	382,441	611,308	−228,867	−16.78%	2020 est.[3]
14	Korea, South	363,120	414,452	−51,332	−3.24%	2020 est.[3]
15	The Netherlands	352,603	430,220	−77,617	−8.76%	2020 est.[3]
16	Mexico	254,256	314,598	−63,342	−5.80%	2020 est.[3]
17	Belgium	251,395	308,553	−57,158	−11.35%	2020 est.[3]
18	Sweden	251,009	282,223	−31,214	−5.90%	2020 est.[3]
19	Poland	236,464	297,249	−60,785	−10.46%	2020 est.[4]
20	Switzerland	234,445	264,232	−29,787	−4.21%	2020 est.[3]
21	Austria	209,667	252,524	−42,857	−9.90%	2020 est.[3]
22	Norway	196,144	202,684	−6,540	−1.79%	2020 est.[3]
23	Saudi Arabia	193,054	264,984	−71,930	−10.56%	2020 est.[3]
24	Turkey	188,258	239,421	−51,163	−7.88%	2020 est.[3]
25	Denmark	180,287	193,831	−13,544	−3.99%	2020 est.[3]
26	Finland	142,215	160,544	−18,329	−6.84%	2020 est.[3]
27	Israel	128,865	178,465	−49,600	−12.94%	2020 est.[4]
28	Indonesia	128,550	197,306	−68,756	−6.31%	2020 est.[3]
29	Argentina	126,414	170,113	−43,699	−11.42%	2020 est.[4]
30	Thailand	107,054	133,588	−26,534	−5.21%	2020 est.[4]
31	Czech Republic	98,263	115,932	−17,669	−7.30%	2020 est.[4]
32	Taiwan	94,207	123,779	−29,572	−4.65%	2020 est.[4]
33	Greece	93,889	111,371	−17,482	−8.99%	2020 est.[4]
34	Portugal	93,433	111,948	−18,515	−8.35%	2020 est.[4]
35	Ireland	93,221	117,149	−23,928	−6.00%	2020 est.[4]
36	United Arab Emirates	92,063	127,095	−35,032	−9.90%	2020 est.[4]
37	South Africa	76,434	116,118	−39,684	−14.04%	2020 est.[4]
38	New Zealand	72,532	90,431	−17,899	−9.25%	2020 est.[4]
39	Romania	72,093	95,944	−23,851	−9.59%	2020 est.[4]
40	Egypt	69,331	96,432	−27,101	−7.49%	2020 est.[5]
41	Colombia	68,813	93,921	−25,108	−9.48%	2020 est.[4]
42	Malaysia	68,113	90,082	−21,969	−6.53%	2020 est.[4]
43	Hungary	65,689	78,103	−12,414	−8.28%	2020 est.[4]
44	Philippines	63,252	92,876	−29,624	−8.06%	2020 est.[4]
45	Kuwait	61,174	70,401	−9,227	−8.49%	2020 est.[4]
46	Singapore	59,678	96,031	−36,353	−10.77%	2020 est.[4]
47	Vietnam	57,837	78,348	−20,511	−6.02%	2020 est.[4]
48	Iran	57,273	115,463	−58,190	−9.59%	2020 est.[4]
49	Hong Kong	57,184	97,436	−40,252	−11.79%	2020 est.[4]
50	Ukraine	55,612	66,722	−11,110	−7.81%	2020 est.[5]
51	Iraq	54,756	85,972	−31,216	−17.53%	2020 est.[4]
52	Qatar	52,250	47,773	4,477	3.03%	2020 est.[5]
53	Chile	50,660	72,024	−8,160	−8.71%	2020 est.[4]
54	Slovakia	43,113	51,118	−8,005	−8.84%	2020 est.[5]
55	Pakistan	42,951	65,718	−22,767	−8.01%	2020 est.[4]
56	Algeria	41,474	58,397	−16,923	−11.49%	2020 est.[4]
57	Peru	35,869	54,286	−18,417	−9.41%	2020 est.[4]
58	Kazakhstan	29,576	38,318	−8,742	−5.27%	2020 est.[5]
59	Bangladesh	25,971	47,569	−21,598	−6.80%	2020 est.[5]
60	Angola	11,243	13,004	−1,761	−2.81%	2020 est.[5]
62	Ecuador	32,300	37,700	−5,400	−5.5 %	2017 est.[1]
63	Luxembourg	27,600	27,380	220	0.4%	2017 est.[1]
65	Morocco	26,630	30,710	−4,080	−3.7%	2017 est.[1]
66	Croatia	25,790	26,920	−1,130	−2.1%	2017 est.[1]
67	Belarus	22,800	22,540	260	0.5%	2017 est.[1]
68	Oman	22,680	32,070	−9,390	−13.0 %	2017 est.[1]
69	Uzbekistan	20,110	19,920	190	0.3%	2017 est.[1]
70	Slovenia	20,200	20,970	−770	−1.6%	2017 est.[1]
71	Bulgaria	19,530	20,310	−780	−1.4%	2017 est.[1]
72	Uruguay	17,690	19,900	−2,210	−3.7%	2017 est.[1]
73	Libya	16,330	22,320	−5,990	−18.0%	2017 est.[1]
74	Serbia	16,250	16,930	−680	−1.7%	2017 est.[1]
75	Lithuania	21,180	21,630	−450	−1.0%	2017 est.[1]
76	Kenya	15,370	20,180	−4,810	−6.1%	2017 est.[1]
77	Bolivia	15,010	17,350	−2,340	−6.2%	2017 est.[1]
78	Macau	14,240	10,550	3,690	7.2%	2017 est.[1]
79	Nigeria	13,970	22,150	−8,180	−2.1%	2017 est.[1]
80	Sri Lanka	12,640	16,660	−4,020	−4.8%	2017 est.[1]
81	Panama	12,600	13,560	−960	−1.6%	2017 est.[1]
82	Ethiopia	12,110	14,630	−2,520	−3.2%	2017 est.[1]
83	Dominican Republic	11,180	12,770	−1,590	−2.1%	2017 est.[1]
84	Lebanon	10,900	15,990	−5,090	−9.7%	2017 est.[1]
85	Latvia	10,130	10,430	−300	−1.0%	2017 est.[1]
86	Azerbaijan	9,852	10,400	−548	−1.4%	2017 est.[1]
87	Iceland	9,962	9,735	227	0.9%	2017 est.[1]
88	Estonia	9,772	9,890	−118	−0.5%	2017 est.[1]
89	Tunisia	9,397	11,610	−2,213	−5.6%	2017 est.[1]
90	Puerto Rico	9,268	9,974	−706	−0.7%	2017 est.[1]
91	Ghana	9,236	12,380	−3,144	−6.9%	2017 est.[1]
92	Burma	9,211	11,450	−2,239	−3.3%	2017 est.[1]
93	Jordan	9,157	11,810	−2,653	−6.5%	2017 est.[1]
94	Guatemala	8,335	9,600	−1,265	−1.8%	2017 est.[1]
95	Costa Rica	8,262	11,340	−3,078	−5.2%	2017 est.[1]
96	Sudan	8,198	13,400	−5,202	−4.4 %	2017 est.[1]
97	Tanzania	7,872	9,271	−1,399	−2.7%	2017 est.[1]
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,798	7,996	−198	−1.1%	2017 est.[1]
99	Cyprus	7,677	7,875	−198	−0.9%	2017 est.[1]
100	Cote d'Ivoire	7,121	8,886	−1,765	−4.4%	2017 est.[1]
101	Trinidad and Tobago	6,916	7,838	−922	−4.5%	2017 est.[1]
102	Nepal	6,993	8,833	−1,840	-6.74%	2018 actual[6]
103	Venezuela	5,521	10,382	−4,861	−10.00%	2019 est.[4]
51	Cuba	52,360	60,570	−8,210	−10.1%	2017 est.[1]
103	El Salvador	5,756	6,751	−995	−3.6%	2017 est.[1]
104	Botswana	5,609	6,072	−463	−2.8%	2017 est.[1]
105	Bahrain	5,463	9,281	−3,818	−11.3%	2017 est.[1]
106	Paraguay	5,366	5,876	−510	−1.8%	2017 est.[1]
107	Cameroon	5,154	6,964	−1,810	−5.9%	2017 est.[1]
108	Zambia	4,895	7,050	−2,155	−8.4%	2017 est.[1]
109	Honduras	4,376	5,086	−710	−3.1%	2017 est.[1]
110	Turkmenistan	4,436	4,703	−267	−0.6%	2017 est.[1]
111	Malta	4,295	4,354	−59	−0.5%	2017 est.[1]
112	Cambodia	4,268	4,690	−422	−1.9%	2017 est.[1]
113	Georgia	4,260	4,852	−592	−3.9%	2017 est.[1]
114	Jamaica	4,207	4,150	57	0.4%	2017 est.[1]
115	Uganda	4,019	5,268	−1,249	−4.7%	2017 est.[1]
116	Namibia	3,967	4,759	−792	−6.3%	2017 est.[1]
117	Senegal	3,863	4,474	−611	−3.8%	2017 est.[1]
118	Nicaragua	3,800	4,074	−274	−2.0%	2017 est.[1]
119	Papua New Guinea	3,649	4,763	−1,114	−5.1%	2017 est.[1]
120	Zimbabwe	3,600	4,800	−1,200	−7.0%	2017 est.[1]
121	Albania	3,486	3,765	−279	−2.1%	2017 est.[1]
122	Yemen	3,467	5,232	−1,765	−6.9%	2017 est.[1]
123	North Macedonia	3,314	3,655	−341	−3.0%	2017 est.[1]
124	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3,238	3,366	−128	−0.3%	2017 est.[1]
125	Korea, North	3,200	3,300	−100	-	2007 est.[1]
126	Laos	3,144	4,098	−954	−5.6%	2017 est.[1]
127	Equatorial Guinea	3,186	3,431	−245	−2.4%	2017 est.[1]
128	Gabon	3,122	3,991	−869	−6.0%	2017 est.[1]
129	Mali	3,068	3,584	−516	−3.4%	2017 est.[1]
130	Mauritius	2,912	3,337	−425	−3.5%	2017 est.[1]
131	Moldova	2,796	3,027	−231	−2.9%	2017 est.[1]
132	Mozambique	2,758	3,607	−849	−6.9%	2017 est.[1]
133	Palestine	2,750	4,077	−1,327	−9.9%	2014 est.[1]
134	Burkina Faso	2,635	3,332	−697	−5.3%	2017 est.[1]
135	Mongolia	2,623	3,711	−1,088	−10.0%	2017 est.[1]
136	Armenia	2,536	2,910	−374	−3.4%	2017 est.[1]
137	Congo, Republic of the	2,516	3,336	−820	−10.5%	2017 est.[1]
138	Tajikistan	2,214	2,316	−102	−1.4%	2017 est.[1]
139	Kyrgyzstan	2,050	2,304	−254	−3.6%	2017 est.[1]
140	Bahamas	2,100	2,600	−500	−5.5%	2017 est.[1]
141	Eritrea	2,029	2,601	−585	−9.5%	2017 est.[1]
142	Afghanistan	1,992	6,636	−4,644	−22.1%	2016 est.[1]
143	French Polynesia	1,891	1,833	58	-	2012[1]
144	Rwanda	1,874	2,255	−381	−4.3%	2017 est.[1]
145	Andorra	1,872	2,060	−322	−6.9%	2016[1]
146	Niger	1,680	2,235	−555	−6.0%	2017 est.[1]
147	Montenegro	1,620	1,950	−330	−7.5%	2016 est.[1]
148	Haiti	1,580	2,251	−671	−8.0%	2017 est.[1]
149	Greenland	1,578	1,876	−298	−13.5%	2015[1]
150	Guinea	1,559	1,868	−309	−3.4%	2017 est.[1]
151	Togo	1,469	1,700	−231	−4.8%	2017 est.[1]
152	Fiji	1,446	1,687	−241	−4.8%	2017 est.[1]
153	Brunei	1,435	4,017	−2,582	−21.6 %	2017 est.[1]
154	Kosovo	1,396	1,610	−214	−3.2%	2017 est.[1]
155	Benin	1,372	2,261	−889	−9.4%	2017 est.[1]
156	Barbados	1,350	1,650	−300	−6.2%	2017 est.[1]
157	Malawi	1,298	1,612	−314	−5.0%	2017 est.[1]
158	Madagascar	1,292	1,725	−443	−4.1%	2017 est.[1]
159	Mauritania	1,248	1,301	−53	−1.1%	2017 est.[1]
160	US Virgin Islands	1,223	1,551	−328	-	2013[1]
161	Chad	1,178	1,522	−344	−3.5 %	2017 est.[1]
162	Swaziland	1,150	1,475	−325	−8.1%	2016 est.[1]
163	Guam	1,147	1,188	−41	-	2013 est.[1]
164	Lesotho	1,057	1,160	−103	−3.8 %	2017 est.[1]
165	Syria	1,033	3,177	−2,144	−8.7%	2017 est.[1]
166	Faroe Islands	836	884	−48	−1.7%	2014 est.[1]
167	New Caledonia	996	1,072	−76	-	2001 est.[1]
168	Liechtenstein	995	890	105	1.6%	2012 est.[1]
169	Isle of Man	965	943	22	-	FY05/06 est.[1]
170	Bermuda	960	1,154	−194	-	2016 est.[1]
171	Maldives	960	1,156	−196	−3.7%	2016 est.[1]
172	Guyana	939	1,152	−213	−5.9%	2017 est.[1]
173	Monaco	915	973	−59	−0.9%	2011 est.[1]
174	Cayman Islands	870	732	138	6.2%	2016 est.[1]
175	Jersey	829	851	−22	-	2005[1]
176	Djibouti	700	865	−165	−8.0%	2017 est.[1]
177	Aruba	697	752	−55	-	2016 est.[1]
178	Bhutan	693	819	−126	−5.4%	2017 est.[1]
179	Sierra Leone	684	963	−279	−7.1%	2017 est.[1]
180	San Marino	668	713	−45	−2.9%	2011 est.[1]
181	Liberia	626	728	−102	−4.7%	2017 est.[1]
182	Burundi	608	749	−141	−4.2%	2017 est.[1]
183	Seychelles	572	557	15	1.0%	2017 est.[1]
184	Guernsey	564	531	33	-	2005[1]
185	Suriname	546	806	−260	−7.1%	2017 est.[1]
186	Belize	500	550	−50	−2.7%	2017 est.[1]
187	Gibraltar	476	452	24	-	2008 est.[1]
188	South Sudan	437	2,259	−1,822	−62.5%	FY 2013 est.[1]
189	Cabo Verde	437	464	−27	−1.5%	2017 est.[1]
190	Solomon Islands	435	472	−37	−2.9%	2017 est.[1]
191	Saint Lucia	402	431	−29	−1.7%	2017 est.[1]
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis	370	370	0	0	2017 est.[1]
193	Vatican City	315	348	−33	-	2013[1]
194	Timor-Leste	300	2,200	−1,900	−70.0%	2017 est.[1]
195	British Virgin Islands	300	300	0	-	2016 est.[1]
196	Antigua and Barbuda	296	323	−27	−1.8%	2017 est.[1]
197	Grenada	269	285	−16	−0.5%	2017 est.[1]
198	Somalia	260.1	260.1	0	−	2017 est.[1]
199	Northern Mariana Islands	246	250	−3	-	2013 est.[1]
200	American Samoa	241	244	−3	-	2013 est.[1]
201	Samoa	233	272	−39	-	2016 est.[1]
202	Central African Republic	231	271	−40	−2.0%	2017 est.[1]
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	226	187	38	-	2016 est.[1]
204	Guinea-Bissau	226	213	−41	−3.2%	2017 est.[1]
205	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	222	267	−37	−4.5%	2017 est.[1]
206	Micronesia, Federated States of	214	192	22	-	FY12/13 est.[1]
207	Vanuatu	204	207	−3	−0.5%	2017 est.[1]
208	Kiribati	198	180	18	-	2013 est.[1]
209	Gambia	187	370	−183	−17.6%	2017 est.[1]
210	Comoros	149	183	−34	−5.2 %	2017 est.[1]
211	Dominica	148	148	0	-	2016 est.[1]
212	Tonga	133	133	0	-	2016 est.[1]
213	Palau	124	98	26	-	2012 est.[1]
214	Marshall Islands	117	114	3	-	2013 est.[1]
215	Sao Tome and Principe	114	123	−7	−2.5%	2017 est.[1]
216	Anguilla	95	86	8	-	2016 est.[1]
217	Cook Islands	87	78	9	-	2010[1]
218	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	70	60	10	-	1996 est.[1]
219	Falkland Islands	67	75	−8	-	FY09/10[1]
220	Nauru	58	52	6	-	2010 est.[1]
221	Tuvalu	43	32	10	-	2013 est.[1]
222	Montserrat	37	37	0	-	2016 est.[1]
223	Niue	15	16	−1	-	FY04/05[1]
224	Saint Helena and Dependencies	9	22	−13	-	FY06/07 est.[1]
225	Norfolk Island	5	5	0	-	FY99/00[1]
226	Pitcairn Islands	1	1	0	-	FY04/05[1]
227	Tokelau	1	3	−2	-	1987 est.[1]
228	Wallis and Futuna				-	2004[1]
-	Christmas Island	-	-	-	-	-[1]
-	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	-	-	-	-[1]
-	Svalbard	-	-	-	-	-[1]
-	Western Sahara	-	-	-	-	-[1]
	World	25,187,602	35,648,089	−10,460,487	-41.53%	Calculation

See also

• List of countries by government budget per capita
• List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP
• List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP

Europe:

• List of sovereign states in Europe by budget revenues
• List of sovereign states in Europe by budget revenues per capita

United States:

• List of U.S. state budgets

Notes

References

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2. "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org.
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