India - Budget Deficit 2017
-6.23%
+0.89% from 2016
India's budget deficit was -6.23% in 2017, increased +0.89% from -7.12% in 2016. This was the 22nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timor-Leste | -33.78% | 39.4% |
| 2nd | Bahrain | -13.38% | 19.3% |
| 3rd | Libya | -11.06% | 62.2% |
| 4th | Oman | -10.46% | 46.7% |
| 5th | Trinidad and Tobago | -10.45% | -6.2% |
| 6th | Brunei Darussalam | -10.40% | 52.0% |
| 7th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -9.90% | 16.1% |
| 8th | Lebanon | -8.65% | 2.6% |
| 9th | Suriname | -8.62% | 15.4% |
| 10th | Saudi Arabia | -8.57% | 35.0% |
| 11th | Brazil | -7.97% | 0.3% |
| 12th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -7.86% | -8.4% |
| 13th | Algeria | -7.55% | 36.3% |
| 14th | Zambia | -7.50% | -31.8% |
| 15th | Kenya | -7.40% | 1.0% |
| 16th | Zimbabwe | -7.37% | -59.3% |
| 17th | Liberia | -7.14% | -86.4% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | -6.92% | -124.5% |
| 19th | Montenegro | -6.89% | -11.0% |
| 20th | Qatar | -6.82% | 25.9% |
| 21st | Argentina | -6.69% | -0.6% |
| 22nd | India | -6.23% | 12.5% |
| 23rd | Sudan | -6.07% | -54.9% |
| 24th | Bahamas, The | -6.05% | -131.8% |
| 25th | Costa Rica | -5.88% | -15.4% |
| 26th | Ecuador | -5.77% | 43.9% |
| 27th | Angola | -5.75% | -44.3% |
| 28th | Eritrea | -5.74% | -299.7% |
| 29th | Tajikistan | -5.65% | -94.0% |
| 30th | Eswatini | -5.64% | 32.6% |
| 31st | Sierra Leone | -5.61% | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Tunisia | -5.61% | 4.5% |
| 33rd | Congo, Republic of | -5.57% | 61.7% |
| 34th | Lao PDR | -5.51% | -8.9% |
| 35th | Pakistan | -5.17% | -31.8% |
| 36th | Malawi | -5.15% | -5.1% |
| 37th | Sri Lanka | -5.10% | -2.0% |
| 38th | Burundi | -5.01% | 29.6% |
| 39th | Namibia | -4.99% | 46.3% |
| 40th | Yemen, Republic of | -4.91% | 42.3% |
| 41st | United States | -4.79% | -10.1% |
| 42nd | Armenia | -4.79% | 15.0% |
| 43rd | Cameroon | -4.73% | 19.7% |
| 44th | Bhutan | -4.49% | -94.5% |
| 45th | Gambia, The | -4.35% | 30.1% |
| 46th | Kazakhstan | -4.27% | 5.3% |
| 47th | Benin | -4.18% | 2.5% |
| 48th | Bangladesh | -4.17% | -31.7% |
| 49th | Niger | -4.12% | 7.8% |
| 50th | South Africa | -4.02% | -7.8% |
| 51st | Ghana | -3.97% | 41.2% |
| 52nd | Barbados | -3.87% | 20.1% |
| 53rd | Nigeria | -3.85% | -16.6% |
| 54th | Uganda | -3.83% | -44.9% |
| 55th | Kyrgyz Republic | -3.73% | 35.5% |
| 56th | Mongolia | -3.72% | 75.7% |
| 57th | Jordan | -3.61% | 2.5% |
| 58th | San Marino | -3.49% | -1,784.3% |
| 59th | Belize | -3.48% | 22.2% |
| 60th | Myanmar | -3.42% | -35.6% |
| 61st | France | -3.37% | 10.6% |
| 62nd | China | -3.34% | -0.4% |
| 63rd | Morocco | -3.30% | 26.4% |
| 64th | Côte d'Ivoire | -3.27% | -9.9% |
| 65th | Dominica | -3.27% | -128.2% |
| 66th | Guyana | -3.14% | 2.4% |
| 67th | Dominican Republic | -3.12% | -0.5% |
| 68th | São Tomé and Principe | -3.11% | 37.9% |
| 69th | Japan | -3.10% | 13.9% |
| 70th | Spain | -3.10% | 27.4% |
| 71st | Maldives | -3.02% | 69.6% |
| 72nd | Portugal | -3.00% | -54.4% |
| 73rd | Senegal | -2.97% | 9.3% |
| 74th | Mozambique | -2.90% | 46.5% |
| 75th | Mali | -2.86% | 27.5% |
| 76th | Romania | -2.86% | -14.4% |
| 77th | Turkmenistan | -2.84% | -19.2% |
| 78th | Peru | -2.79% | -31.7% |
| 79th | West Bank and Gaza | -2.78% | -33.8% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | -2.73% | -1.2% |
| 81st | Antigua and Barbuda | -2.72% | -1,840.7% |
| 82nd | Nepal | -2.69% | -324.5% |
| 83rd | Cabo Verde | -2.64% | 3.4% |
| 84th | Chile | -2.63% | 1.2% |
| 85th | Equatorial Guinea | -2.59% | 76.3% |
| 86th | Aruba | -2.59% | -77.8% |
| 87th | El Salvador | -2.53% | 18.6% |
| 88th | Rwanda | -2.52% | -10.9% |
| 89th | Uruguay | -2.51% | 6.4% |
| 90th | Italy | -2.51% | -4.3% |
| 91st | Colombia | -2.50% | -9.8% |
| 92nd | United Kingdom | -2.49% | 24.8% |
| 93rd | Papua New Guinea | -2.48% | 47.9% |
| 94th | Hungary | -2.46% | -37.0% |
| 95th | Malaysia | -2.41% | 7.3% |
| 96th | Ukraine | -2.36% | 4.2% |
| 97th | Fiji | -2.29% | 59.9% |
| 98th | Solomon Islands | -2.27% | 36.2% |
| 99th | Indonesia | -2.26% | 11.6% |
| 100th | Madagascar | -2.10% | -90.0% |
| 101st | Lesotho | -2.02% | 78.6% |
| 102nd | Guinea | -1.99% | -2,263.1% |
| 103rd | Samoa | -1.98% | -471.4% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | -1.96% | 37.9% |
| 105th | Panama | -1.92% | -1.9% |
| 106th | Türkiye | -1.87% | -11.3% |
| 107th | Nicaragua | -1.76% | 8.8% |
| 108th | Australia | -1.72% | 29.1% |
| 109th | Gabon | -1.70% | 63.9% |
| 110th | Seychelles | -1.67% | -9,383.3% |
| 111th | Mauritius | -1.62% | 41.0% |
| 112th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1.56% | -4,005.0% |
| 113th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.55% | 9.1% |
| 114th | Iraq | -1.52% | 89.5% |
| 115th | Poland | -1.49% | 37.6% |
| 116th | Russian Federation | -1.47% | 60.0% |
| 117th | Albania | -1.41% | 6.1% |
| 118th | Guatemala | -1.38% | -24.7% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | -1.34% | -14.7% |
| 120th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.32% | 75.3% |
| 121st | Vanuatu | -1.20% | -66.7% |
| 122nd | Botswana | -1.14% | -260.1% |
| 123rd | Tanzania | -1.14% | 45.2% |
| 124th | Israel | -1.13% | 36.7% |
| 125th | St. Lucia | -1.13% | -45.4% |
| 126th | Puerto Rico (US) | -1.11% | 39.8% |
| 127th | Estonia | -1.07% | -72.5% |
| 128th | Mexico | -1.03% | 61.4% |
| 129th | Central African Republic | -1.00% | -185.2% |
| 130th | Slovak Republic | -0.99% | 62.0% |
| 131st | Latvia | -0.85% | -108.6% |
| 132nd | Austria | -0.78% | 46.5% |
| 133rd | Belgium | -0.76% | 68.6% |
| 134th | Cambodia | -0.76% | -161.3% |
| 135th | Philippines | -0.75% | -0.9% |
| 136th | Afghanistan | -0.67% | -629.9% |
| 137th | Moldova | -0.65% | 58.4% |
| 138th | Finland | -0.63% | 63.0% |
| 139th | Georgia | -0.45% | 69.7% |
| 140th | Paraguay | -0.44% | -17.4% |
| 141st | Thailand | -0.42% | -201.0% |
| 142nd | Honduras | -0.41% | -2.8% |
| 143rd | Belarus | -0.34% | 79.7% |
| 144th | Haiti | -0.32% | -370.1% |
| 145th | Ireland | -0.30% | 60.9% |
| 146th | Djibouti | -0.21% | 72.2% |
| 147th | Togo | -0.21% | 97.0% |
| 148th | Chad | -0.18% | 88.4% |
| 149th | United Arab Emirates | -0.16% | 94.6% |
| 150th | Canada | -0.11% | 75.3% |
| 151st | Comoros | -0.10% | 98.2% |
| 152nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -0.05% | 94.4% |
| 153rd | Slovenia | 0.05% | 102.7% |
| 154th | Lithuania | 0.36% | 958.8% |
| 155th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.37% | -18.9% |
| 156th | Jamaica | 0.43% | 332.2% |
| 157th | Mauritania | 0.53% | 302.3% |
| 158th | Croatia | 0.80% | 176.8% |
| 159th | Bulgaria | 0.82% | -46.6% |
| 160th | Iceland | 0.97% | -92.2% |
| 161st | Uzbekistan | 1.04% | 48.3% |
| 162nd | Greece | 1.06% | 276.8% |
| 163rd | Switzerland | 1.13% | 374.8% |
| 164th | Sweden | 1.29% | 49.5% |
| 165th | Serbia | 1.32% | 222.1% |
| 166th | Germany | 1.34% | 17.9% |
| 167th | Netherlands | 1.35% | 501.8% |
| 168th | New Zealand | 1.36% | 38.9% |
| 169th | Luxembourg | 1.37% | -27.7% |
| 170th | Czechia | 1.46% | 113.1% |
| 171st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.68% | -55.4% |
| 172nd | Denmark | 1.69% | 459.3% |
| 173rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.79% | 423.1% |
| 174th | Korea | 2.08% | 32.9% |
| 175th | Tuvalu | 2.10% | -92.4% |
| 176th | Cyprus | 2.13% | 372.1% |
| 177th | Liechtenstein | 2.74% | -7.2% |
| 178th | Grenada | 3.02% | 12.1% |
| 179th | Andorra | 3.34% | -17.9% |
| 180th | Malta | 3.40% | 210.9% |
| 181st | Tonga | 3.58% | 143.8% |
| 182nd | Marshall Islands | 4.38% | 12.9% |
| 183rd | Palau | 4.76% | 35.3% |
| 184th | Norway | 4.96% | 22.8% |
| 185th | Singapore | 5.24% | 61.1% |
| 186th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.49% | 25.2% |
| 187th | South Sudan | 9.57% | 148.2% |
| 188th | Macao SAR, China | 13.27% | 16.3% |
| 189th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 14.48% | 96.4% |
| 190th | Kuwait | 15.25% | 16.6% |
| 191st | Nauru | 16.17% | -14.4% |
| 192nd | Kiribati | 34.09% | 69.6% |
FAQ
What was India's budget deficit in 2017?▾
India's budget deficit in 2017 was -6.23%. This ranked 22nd globally.
How did India's budget deficit change in 2017?▾
India's budget deficit increased by 12.5% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest budget deficit in 2017?▾
Kiribati had the highest budget deficit in 2017 at 34.09%.
What is the budget deficit of India in 2017?▾
The budget deficit of India in 2017 was -6.23%. This ranked 22nd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for India's budget deficit?▾
India's budget deficit went from -7.12% in 2016 to -6.23% in 2017, a 12.5% increase.
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