Budget Deficit - Ranking 2005
Year
In 2005, Eritrea (-30.97%), Marshall Islands (-22.28%), and Tuvalu (-12.78%) ranked highest in budget deficit among all countries. Kuwait ranked lowest at 38.94%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eritrea | -30.97% | -304.8% |
| 2nd | Marshall Islands | -22.28% | -1,294.4% |
| 3rd | Tuvalu | -12.78% | -255.5% |
| 4th | Burundi | -10.56% | +29.0% |
| 5th | Timor-Leste | -10.50% | -40.4% |
| 6th | Kiribati | -9.96% | +48.1% |
| 7th | Lebanon | -8.57% | +12.8% |
| 8th | Maldives | -7.81% | -245.9% |
| 9th | Hungary | -7.79% | -18.0% |
| 10th | India | -7.49% | +18.7% |
| 11th | Bhutan | -6.96% | -486.8% |
| 12th | Belarus | -6.71% | +5.1% |
| 13th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -6.69% | -16.1% |
| 14th | Guyana | -6.54% | -127.1% |
| 15th | Greece | -6.33% | +30.1% |
| 16th | Portugal | -6.11% | -2.0% |
| 17th | St. Lucia | -6.01% | -132.3% |
| 18th | Sri Lanka | -5.93% | +6.2% |
| 19th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -5.63% | +63.8% |
| 20th | Morocco | -5.46% | -64.7% |
| 21st | Jordan | -5.36% | -392.1% |
| 22nd | Guinea-Bissau | -4.96% | +16.2% |
| 23rd | Burkina Faso | -4.89% | -16.6% |
| 24th | Cabo Verde | -4.69% | -57.5% |
| 25th | Japan | -4.44% | +16.5% |
| 26th | Syrian Arab Republic | -4.41% | -5.4% |
| 27th | Central African Republic | -4.37% | -151.3% |
| 28th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -4.30% | -58.8% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | -4.29% | -10.1% |
| 30th | Mauritius | -4.20% | +0.5% |
| 31st | Italy | -4.10% | -18.4% |
| 32nd | Poland | -3.93% | +21.5% |
| 33rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -3.79% | +22.5% |
| 34th | Belize | -3.70% | +18.1% |
| 35th | Uzbekistan | -3.52% | +5.9% |
| 36th | France | -3.51% | +1.4% |
| 37th | Myanmar | -3.49% | +24.5% |
| 38th | El Salvador | -3.47% | -25.8% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | -3.46% | - |
| 40th | Albania | -3.46% | +33.0% |
| 41st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -3.45% | +47.7% |
| 42nd | Suriname | -3.39% | -182.1% |
| 43rd | Germany | -3.37% | +1.5% |
| 44th | Brazil | -3.36% | -13.8% |
| 45th | Gambia, The | -3.33% | -88.7% |
| 46th | Tanzania | -3.28% | -34.6% |
| 47th | Croatia | -3.24% | +46.8% |
| 48th | Jamaica | -3.22% | +29.3% |
| 49th | Mauritania | -3.16% | -3.3% |
| 50th | United Kingdom | -3.15% | +0.4% |
| 51st | United States | -3.08% | +27.5% |
| 52nd | Czechia | -3.06% | -27.3% |
| 53rd | Aruba | -2.96% | +65.3% |
| 54th | Barbados | -2.94% | -2.0% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | -2.86% | -21.1% |
| 56th | Malaysia | -2.83% | +15.5% |
| 57th | Malta | -2.83% | +33.9% |
| 58th | Tajikistan | -2.83% | -22.0% |
| 59th | Mali | -2.76% | -17.1% |
| 60th | Israel | -2.74% | +19.4% |
| 61st | Belgium | -2.72% | -1,036.0% |
| 62nd | Tunisia | -2.59% | -23.3% |
| 63rd | Austria | -2.59% | +47.6% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | -2.54% | -40.4% |
| 65th | Madagascar | -2.48% | +41.5% |
| 66th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -2.44% | +0.3% |
| 67th | Bangladesh | -2.40% | -8.6% |
| 68th | Zambia | -2.37% | +5.4% |
| 69th | Pakistan | -2.29% | -77.1% |
| 70th | Ukraine | -2.28% | +48.4% |
| 71st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -2.25% | +59.5% |
| 72nd | Cyprus | -2.22% | +40.1% |
| 73rd | Panama | -2.21% | +48.9% |
| 74th | Costa Rica | -2.09% | +38.8% |
| 75th | Mozambique | -2.06% | +35.0% |
| 76th | Armenia | -1.98% | - |
| 77th | Sudan | -1.88% | -1,302.6% |
| 78th | Ghana | -1.87% | +7.4% |
| 79th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.82% | +15.3% |
| 80th | Guatemala | -1.67% | -59.4% |
| 81st | Togo | -1.67% | -373.1% |
| 82nd | Eswatini | -1.66% | +58.2% |
| 83rd | Malawi | -1.63% | +37.7% |
| 84th | Philippines | -1.63% | +42.1% |
| 85th | Niger | -1.53% | +44.7% |
| 86th | Benin | -1.52% | -116.0% |
| 87th | Mexico | -1.43% | -6.5% |
| 88th | Montenegro | -1.42% | +42.3% |
| 89th | Comoros | -1.41% | -44.3% |
| 90th | China | -1.38% | +7.3% |
| 91st | Slovenia | -1.38% | +30.4% |
| 92nd | Fiji | -1.18% | -20.1% |
| 93rd | Djibouti | -1.18% | +67.9% |
| 94th | Sierra Leone | -1.17% | +19.8% |
| 95th | Bahamas, The | -1.16% | +40.7% |
| 96th | Latvia | -1.06% | -2.7% |
| 97th | Guinea | -1.06% | +72.6% |
| 98th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.03% | +1.3% |
| 99th | Viet Nam | -0.95% | -536.0% |
| 100th | Afghanistan | -0.92% | +61.7% |
| 101st | Haiti | -0.83% | +38.3% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | -0.75% | +81.8% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | -0.71% | +80.2% |
| 104th | Romania | -0.69% | +79.7% |
| 105th | Switzerland | -0.65% | +53.6% |
| 106th | Netherlands | -0.52% | +71.8% |
| 107th | Liberia | -0.51% | +9.0% |
| 108th | Peru | -0.44% | +57.8% |
| 109th | Lithuania | -0.34% | +75.2% |
| 110th | Cambodia | -0.34% | +89.4% |
| 111th | Namibia | -0.31% | +88.4% |
| 112th | Uruguay | -0.28% | +68.2% |
| 113th | Senegal | -0.26% | -242.9% |
| 114th | Luxembourg | -0.21% | +84.8% |
| 115th | Kenya | -0.19% | -138.4% |
| 116th | Uganda | -0.17% | -149.6% |
| 117th | South Africa | -0.10% | +90.2% |
| 118th | Andorra | -0.08% | -104.4% |
| 119th | Chad | -0.05% | +97.1% |
| 120th | Honduras | -0.03% | +98.7% |
| 121st | Colombia | -0.02% | +98.4% |
| 122nd | North Macedonia | 0.21% | -43.0% |
| 123rd | Samoa | 0.23% | +131.1% |
| 124th | Nepal | 0.25% | +270.1% |
| 125th | Seychelles | 0.42% | -3.4% |
| 126th | Indonesia | 0.46% | +277.7% |
| 127th | Ecuador | 0.66% | -66.0% |
| 128th | Paraguay | 0.74% | -44.7% |
| 129th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.74% | +502.2% |
| 130th | Turkmenistan | 0.87% | -41.4% |
| 131st | Grenada | 0.90% | +256.7% |
| 132nd | Dominica | 0.95% | +240.7% |
| 133rd | Korea | 0.96% | +1,010.5% |
| 134th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.97% | +419.4% |
| 135th | Serbia | 1.02% | +1,573.8% |
| 136th | Estonia | 1.07% | -53.4% |
| 137th | Rwanda | 1.12% | -50.6% |
| 138th | Spain | 1.23% | +1,395.8% |
| 139th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 1.30% | +878.4% |
| 140th | Palau | 1.38% | +128.7% |
| 141st | Moldova | 1.44% | +143.0% |
| 142nd | Canada | 1.55% | +102.2% |
| 143rd | Ireland | 1.57% | +21.0% |
| 144th | Australia | 1.71% | +29.0% |
| 145th | Nicaragua | 1.72% | +1.2% |
| 146th | Vanuatu | 1.86% | +132.1% |
| 147th | Sweden | 2.08% | +1,154.2% |
| 148th | Georgia | 2.15% | -40.3% |
| 149th | Thailand | 2.17% | +96.5% |
| 150th | Bulgaria | 2.19% | +37.3% |
| 151st | Mongolia | 2.44% | +250.5% |
| 152nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.47% | +28.9% |
| 153rd | Singapore | 2.56% | +24.1% |
| 154th | Finland | 2.59% | +20.0% |
| 155th | Azerbaijan | 2.74% | +53.9% |
| 156th | Bahrain | 2.80% | +1,079.7% |
| 157th | Papua New Guinea | 2.85% | +40.7% |
| 158th | Cameroon | 3.03% | +764.3% |
| 159th | Argentina | 3.34% | -15.8% |
| 160th | Nigeria | 3.49% | -10.6% |
| 161st | San Marino | 3.58% | +46.5% |
| 162nd | Iraq | 4.07% | +111.5% |
| 163rd | Tonga | 4.23% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Lesotho | 4.46% | -26.4% |
| 165th | Chile | 4.57% | +122.7% |
| 166th | Iceland | 4.92% | +1,632.7% |
| 167th | New Zealand | 5.13% | +14.2% |
| 168th | Denmark | 5.20% | +132.8% |
| 169th | Kazakhstan | 6.08% | +84.9% |
| 170th | Angola | 6.40% | +520.5% |
| 171st | Russian Federation | 7.60% | +66.1% |
| 172nd | Gabon | 7.98% | +14.1% |
| 173rd | Macao SAR, China | 8.32% | +6.6% |
| 174th | Qatar | 9.80% | -44.6% |
| 175th | Botswana | 10.33% | +667.1% |
| 176th | Oman | 11.21% | +106.4% |
| 177th | Algeria | 11.43% | +79.6% |
| 178th | Solomon Islands | 13.39% | -21.4% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | 13.40% | +303.0% |
| 180th | Norway | 14.72% | +35.9% |
| 181st | United Arab Emirates | 15.99% | +149.8% |
| 182nd | Brunei Darussalam | 16.01% | +86.9% |
| 183rd | Saudi Arabia | 17.99% | +85.1% |
| 184th | Equatorial Guinea | 18.55% | +101.2% |
| 185th | São Tomé and Principe | 26.81% | +206.8% |
| 186th | Libya | 30.38% | +168.6% |
| 187th | Kuwait | 38.94% | +19.8% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest budget deficit in 2005?▾
Eritrea has the highest budget deficit in 2005 at -30.97%.
Which country has the lowest budget deficit in 2005?▾
Kuwait has the lowest budget deficit in 2005 at 38.94%.
How many countries are ranked by budget deficit?▾
187 countries have budget deficit data for 2005.
What are the top 3 countries by budget deficit?▾
1. Eritrea (-30.97%), 2. Marshall Islands (-22.28%), 3. Tuvalu (-12.78%).