Budget Deficit - Ranking 2014
Year
In 2014, Timor-Leste (-37.52%), Libya (-30.51%), and Jordan (-15.49%) ranked highest in budget deficit among all countries. Kiribati ranked lowest at 34.97%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timor-Leste | -37.52% | -161.2% |
| 2nd | Libya | -30.51% | -87.2% |
| 3rd | Jordan | -15.49% | +3.8% |
| 4th | Congo, Republic of | -10.73% | -276.7% |
| 5th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -10.72% | +12.7% |
| 6th | Mozambique | -9.75% | -296.0% |
| 7th | South Sudan | -9.07% | -162.8% |
| 8th | Cyprus | -8.80% | -70.5% |
| 9th | Ecuador | -8.11% | +0.7% |
| 10th | Ghana | -7.81% | +14.3% |
| 11th | Equatorial Guinea | -7.54% | -71.3% |
| 12th | Aruba | -7.46% | -23.3% |
| 13th | Portugal | -7.32% | -40.3% |
| 14th | Algeria | -7.15% | -806.7% |
| 15th | Togo | -7.12% | -40.0% |
| 16th | India | -7.07% | -1.0% |
| 17th | Cabo Verde | -6.93% | +18.3% |
| 18th | Djibouti | -6.92% | -1,952.8% |
| 19th | Barbados | -6.59% | +26.5% |
| 20th | Namibia | -6.44% | -37.4% |
| 21st | Brazil | -6.28% | -83.4% |
| 22nd | São Tomé and Principe | -6.27% | -394.0% |
| 23rd | Papua New Guinea | -6.27% | +8.8% |
| 24th | Lebanon | -6.22% | +29.5% |
| 25th | Niger | -6.13% | -217.0% |
| 26th | Spain | -6.07% | +18.9% |
| 27th | Sri Lanka | -5.99% | -19.7% |
| 28th | Kenya | -5.75% | -9.7% |
| 29th | Iraq | -5.63% | +7.1% |
| 30th | Japan | -5.62% | +26.2% |
| 31st | Serbia | -5.61% | -17.1% |
| 32nd | Dominica | -5.55% | -92.3% |
| 33rd | United Kingdom | -5.53% | -3.5% |
| 34th | Albania | -5.46% | -4.7% |
| 35th | Costa Rica | -5.45% | -4.0% |
| 36th | Zambia | -5.43% | +15.0% |
| 37th | Samoa | -5.38% | -40.8% |
| 38th | Croatia | -5.20% | +6.0% |
| 39th | Angola | -5.07% | -1,777.4% |
| 40th | Viet Nam | -5.02% | +15.9% |
| 41st | Liberia | -4.92% | -481.4% |
| 42nd | Morocco | -4.78% | -1.7% |
| 43rd | Sudan | -4.72% | +18.1% |
| 44th | France | -4.57% | +7.4% |
| 45th | Slovenia | -4.53% | +59.7% |
| 46th | Bahamas, The | -4.51% | +11.5% |
| 47th | Ukraine | -4.46% | +6.8% |
| 48th | Mexico | -4.37% | -22.8% |
| 49th | Pakistan | -4.37% | +41.6% |
| 50th | Trinidad and Tobago | -4.34% | -60.5% |
| 51st | Greece | -4.29% | -5.7% |
| 52nd | Argentina | -4.25% | -30.7% |
| 53rd | Grenada | -4.20% | +42.1% |
| 54th | North Macedonia | -4.20% | -9.4% |
| 55th | Yemen, Republic of | -4.14% | +40.0% |
| 56th | Cameroon | -4.09% | -15.0% |
| 57th | United States | -4.03% | +11.7% |
| 58th | El Salvador | -4.02% | +9.9% |
| 59th | Gambia, The | -3.94% | +22.9% |
| 60th | Burundi | -3.93% | -106.9% |
| 61st | South Africa | -3.93% | -0.6% |
| 62nd | Rwanda | -3.92% | -208.6% |
| 63rd | Senegal | -3.90% | +10.1% |
| 64th | Guyana | -3.88% | -79.2% |
| 65th | Mongolia | -3.73% | -301.8% |
| 66th | Poland | -3.66% | +13.8% |
| 67th | Bulgaria | -3.65% | -108.4% |
| 68th | Haiti | -3.64% | +8.4% |
| 69th | Ireland | -3.52% | +44.0% |
| 70th | Fiji | -3.48% | -4,310.1% |
| 71st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -3.41% | -673.1% |
| 72nd | Saudi Arabia | -3.40% | -162.2% |
| 73rd | Bahrain | -3.32% | +61.2% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | -3.25% | -13.4% |
| 75th | Chad | -3.22% | -114.4% |
| 76th | Panama | -3.21% | -34.9% |
| 77th | Belgium | -3.18% | -0.3% |
| 78th | Lao PDR | -3.13% | +22.3% |
| 79th | Tunisia | -3.12% | +55.8% |
| 80th | Malawi | -3.08% | +17.3% |
| 81st | Puerto Rico (US) | -3.07% | - |
| 82nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -3.07% | +17.1% |
| 83rd | St. Lucia | -3.06% | +36.0% |
| 84th | Mauritius | -3.05% | +7.4% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | -3.02% | -30.9% |
| 86th | Guinea | -3.01% | +21.9% |
| 87th | Finland | -3.00% | -18.8% |
| 88th | Australia | -2.92% | -3.8% |
| 89th | Tanzania | -2.91% | +22.6% |
| 90th | Mali | -2.89% | -21.7% |
| 91st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -2.87% | -123.9% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.82% | +51.5% |
| 93rd | Italy | -2.82% | +1.9% |
| 94th | Honduras | -2.81% | +48.7% |
| 95th | Hungary | -2.77% | -6.7% |
| 96th | Sierra Leone | -2.77% | -58.7% |
| 97th | Dominican Republic | -2.76% | +37.5% |
| 98th | Uganda | -2.74% | +14.1% |
| 99th | Suriname | -2.65% | -0.3% |
| 100th | Mauritania | -2.64% | -298.8% |
| 101st | Malaysia | -2.63% | +24.4% |
| 102nd | Bangladesh | -2.62% | +8.3% |
| 103rd | Antigua and Barbuda | -2.60% | +32.1% |
| 104th | Uruguay | -2.60% | -51.0% |
| 105th | West Bank and Gaza | -2.55% | -66.4% |
| 106th | Guinea-Bissau | -2.44% | -45.6% |
| 107th | Maldives | -2.42% | +30.7% |
| 108th | Israel | -2.29% | +43.6% |
| 109th | Netherlands | -2.17% | +24.3% |
| 110th | Czechia | -2.09% | -61.1% |
| 111th | Madagascar | -1.96% | +42.4% |
| 112th | Armenia | -1.94% | -22.0% |
| 113th | Austria | -1.92% | +3.5% |
| 114th | Guatemala | -1.92% | +11.2% |
| 115th | Sweden | -1.84% | -12.9% |
| 116th | Indonesia | -1.81% | +7.7% |
| 117th | Lithuania | -1.79% | +33.6% |
| 118th | Georgia | -1.78% | -42.5% |
| 119th | Romania | -1.76% | +28.0% |
| 120th | Colombia | -1.74% | -70.8% |
| 121st | Latvia | -1.74% | -200.0% |
| 122nd | Burkina Faso | -1.74% | +51.0% |
| 123rd | Nigeria | -1.73% | +8.7% |
| 124th | Belize | -1.72% | -42.7% |
| 125th | Afghanistan | -1.72% | -172.4% |
| 126th | Benin | -1.65% | -21.0% |
| 127th | Moldova | -1.60% | -2.4% |
| 128th | Oman | -1.58% | -156.8% |
| 129th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.57% | +3.3% |
| 130th | Chile | -1.50% | -218.3% |
| 131st | Malta | -1.49% | +32.1% |
| 132nd | Cambodia | -1.25% | +38.1% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | -1.16% | -302.8% |
| 134th | Russian Federation | -1.07% | +7.9% |
| 135th | Myanmar | -1.07% | +30.5% |
| 136th | Türkiye | -0.96% | +20.1% |
| 137th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.91% | -26.0% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | -0.89% | -198.7% |
| 139th | Zimbabwe | -0.71% | -2.0% |
| 140th | Montenegro | -0.70% | +84.6% |
| 141st | Thailand | -0.70% | -217.4% |
| 142nd | China | -0.67% | +18.3% |
| 143rd | Jamaica | -0.48% | -516.4% |
| 144th | New Zealand | -0.34% | +73.9% |
| 145th | Comoros | -0.33% | -103.1% |
| 146th | Paraguay | -0.27% | +76.6% |
| 147th | Switzerland | -0.25% | +42.8% |
| 148th | Peru | -0.19% | -124.9% |
| 149th | Eritrea | -0.12% | +98.4% |
| 150th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -0.06% | +50.4% |
| 151st | Belarus | 0.09% | +109.4% |
| 152nd | Canada | 0.18% | +111.7% |
| 153rd | Iceland | 0.29% | +123.6% |
| 154th | Estonia | 0.42% | +162.5% |
| 155th | Korea | 0.57% | -27.4% |
| 156th | Germany | 0.73% | +495.1% |
| 157th | Turkmenistan | 0.89% | -42.0% |
| 158th | Tajikistan | 0.92% | +225.4% |
| 159th | San Marino | 1.06% | +113.7% |
| 160th | Philippines | 1.32% | +258.0% |
| 161st | Luxembourg | 1.33% | +58.4% |
| 162nd | Nepal | 1.36% | -13.7% |
| 163rd | Denmark | 1.43% | +251.3% |
| 164th | Vanuatu | 1.44% | +683.3% |
| 165th | United Arab Emirates | 1.74% | -78.2% |
| 166th | Uzbekistan | 1.90% | -11.8% |
| 167th | Liechtenstein | 2.11% | +270.3% |
| 168th | Solomon Islands | 2.13% | -40.4% |
| 169th | Andorra | 2.14% | -36.2% |
| 170th | Bhutan | 2.46% | +154.0% |
| 171st | Kazakhstan | 2.48% | -49.8% |
| 172nd | Azerbaijan | 2.74% | +66.9% |
| 173rd | Seychelles | 2.87% | +773.6% |
| 174th | Lesotho | 3.16% | +222.2% |
| 175th | Marshall Islands | 3.20% | +1,483.1% |
| 176th | Tuvalu | 3.26% | -87.5% |
| 177th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.58% | -72.5% |
| 178th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.59% | +256.3% |
| 179th | Palau | 3.59% | +559.3% |
| 180th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.73% | +13.8% |
| 181st | Botswana | 3.90% | -33.3% |
| 182nd | Singapore | 4.60% | -22.9% |
| 183rd | Gabon | 5.98% | +294.9% |
| 184th | Tonga | 6.38% | +590.4% |
| 185th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 8.52% | -22.1% |
| 186th | Norway | 8.57% | -19.2% |
| 187th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 11.23% | +288.1% |
| 188th | Qatar | 13.35% | -30.7% |
| 189th | Macao SAR, China | 24.16% | -10.5% |
| 190th | Nauru | 29.56% | +1,627.8% |
| 191st | Kuwait | 30.00% | -26.1% |
| 192nd | Kiribati | 34.97% | +197.5% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest budget deficit in 2014?▾
Timor-Leste has the highest budget deficit in 2014 at -37.52%.
Which country has the lowest budget deficit in 2014?▾
Kiribati has the lowest budget deficit in 2014 at 34.97%.
How many countries are ranked by budget deficit?▾
192 countries have budget deficit data for 2014.
What are the top 3 countries by budget deficit?▾
1. Timor-Leste (-37.52%), 2. Libya (-30.51%), 3. Jordan (-15.49%).