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Cyclically adjusted primary balance, General government, Percent of potential GDP by country

Fiscal Monitor (FM) 2025 October

Countries reporting
86
Highest
4.49
Barbados
Lowest
-12.4
Norway
Median
-0.2797
Years covered
40
1991–2030
Data points
3,288

What the numbers show

Cyclically adjusted primary balance, General government, Percent of potential GDP is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 4.49 in Barbados; the lowest is -12.4 in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.2797, and the mean is -0.3917.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 6,461.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 159.3%).

Cyclically adjusted primary balance, General government, Percent of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 4.49 2030 up 769.9% volatile
2 Mauritius 4.37 2030 up 143.0% volatile
3 Sao Tome and Principe 4.16 2030 up 26.5% volatile
4 El Salvador 3.7 2030 up 6,461.0% volatile
5 Egypt 3.5 2030 up 189.4% volatile
6 Argentina 3.39 2030 up 222.5% volatile
7 Suriname 3.22 2030 up 143.0% volatile
8 Qatar 3.08 2030 up 153.6% volatile
9 Ecuador 2.41 2030 up 170.6% volatile
10 New Zealand 2.01 2030 up 149.2% volatile
11 Greece 1.98 2030 up 73.1% volatile
12 Cyprus 1.96 2030 up 278.7% volatile
13 Italy 1.96 2030 up 581.1% volatile
14 Angola 1.87 2030 down 64.9% volatile
15 Iceland 1.76 2030 up 155.1% volatile
16 Mexico 1.75 2030 up 174.8% volatile
17 Ukraine 1.71 2030 up 208.7% volatile
18 Grenada 1.61 2030 up 608.1% volatile
19 Costa Rica 1.48 2030 up 147.3% volatile
20 Brazil 1.39 2030 up 123.4% volatile
21 Panama 1.3 2030 up 136.6% volatile
22 Ireland 1.28 2030 up 139.5% volatile
23 Dominican Republic 1.22 2030 up 127.7% volatile
24 Colombia 1.2 2030 up 218.4% volatile
25 Belarus 1.19 2030 up 197.9% volatile
26 Ghana 1.01 2030 up 111.4% volatile
27 Gambia 1 2030 down 3.5% volatile
28 Philippines 0.8735 2030 up 152.2% volatile
29 Jordan 0.8203 2030 up 132.8% volatile
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.706 2030 up 107.1% volatile
31 Portugal 0.6828 2030 up 209.1% volatile
32 South Africa 0.6301 2030 up 123.4% volatile
33 Spain 0.6025 2030 up 128.3% volatile
34 Uruguay 0.4596 2030 up 186.4% volatile
35 Paraguay 0.4457 2030 up 111.4% volatile
36 Hungary 0.2457 2030 up 106.0% volatile
37 Hong Kong, China 0.2296 2030 up 103.1% volatile
38 Switzerland 0.1599 2030 up 107.0% volatile
39 Chile 0.137 2030 up 112.9% volatile
40 North Macedonia -0.0024 2030 up 100.0% volatile
41 Sweden -0.1376 2030 up 94.6% volatile
42 Serbia -0.165 2030 up 96.7% volatile
43 Indonesia -0.2282 2030 up 93.1% volatile
44 Guyana -0.3313 2030 up 93.8% volatile
45 Türkiye -0.5758 2030 up 59.4% volatile
46 Georgia -0.6546 2030 up 88.2% volatile
47 Republic of Korea -0.8262 2030 up 56.0% volatile
48 Russian Federation -0.8425 2030 up 79.6% volatile
49 Canada -0.8652 2030 up 90.1% volatile
50 Morocco -0.933 2030 up 69.6% volatile
51 Thailand -0.9981 2030 up 62.0% volatile
52 Peru -1.02 2030 up 80.3% volatile
53 Guatemala -1.02 2030 up 61.1% volatile
54 Denmark -1.15 2030 down 159.3% volatile
55 Tunisia -1.16 2030 up 78.1% volatile
56 Malaysia -1.23 2030 up 43.8% volatile
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.24 2030 up 30.2% volatile
58 Malta -1.24 2030 up 69.7% volatile
59 Slovenia -1.45 2030 up 68.4% volatile
60 Kosovo -1.49 2030 up 73.3% volatile
61 Israel -1.52 2030 up 76.8% volatile
62 Croatia -1.54 2030 up 59.0% volatile
63 Australia -1.56 2030 up 79.4% volatile
64 Austria -1.6 2030 up 73.5% volatile
65 Netherlands -1.61 2030 down 146.4% volatile
66 India -1.63 2030 up 35.8% rising
67 Luxembourg -1.91 2030 down 41.3% volatile
68 Bulgaria -2.08 2030 down 61.2% volatile
69 Romania -2.1 2030 up 73.3% volatile
70 Poland -2.25 2030 up 44.9% volatile
71 Estonia -2.29 2030 up 56.4% volatile
72 Lithuania -2.39 2030 up 54.1% volatile
73 Japan -2.46 2030 up 67.2% rising
74 Finland -2.69 2030 up 38.9% volatile
75 Germany -2.73 2030 down 8.9% volatile
76 Latvia -2.73 2030 down 55.9% volatile
77 France -2.97 2030 up 37.4% volatile
78 Lebanon -3.1 2030 up 65.1% volatile
79 Czechia -3.13 2030 up 6.9% volatile
80 Botswana -3.39 2030 up 62.6% volatile
81 United States of America -3.4 2030 up 59.9% volatile
82 Belgium -3.56 2030 up 27.3% volatile
83 Slovakia -4.11 2030 down 32.1% volatile
84 China -6.08 2030 up 16.3% volatile
85 Algeria -6.88 2030 down 15.5% volatile
86 Norway -12.4 2030 down 2.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cyclically adjusted primary balance, General government, Percent of potential GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
100 places, 3,288 data points, 1991–2030
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Fiscal Monitor (FM) 2025 October