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2010 best country budgets

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Author:  Bernard-Louis Roques

This page has a list of the top 25 countries in budget best practice, ranked by Government Budget Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) over GDP (in %).

A government budget is made of two basic elements: revenues and expenses.

Revenues are derived primarily from taxes and asset sell-of.

Government expenses include spending , investment (such as infrastructure or research & development), social and welfare expenses.

Country	Budget surplus or deficit
	as a % of GDP
Norway	10,6
Qatar	4,8
Algeria	4
Bolivia	3,71
Brazil	2,2
Saudi Arabia	1,9
Estonia	0,2
Sweden	0,2
Chile	-0,4
Paraguay	-0,4
Peru	-0,6
Indonesia	-0,62
Luxembourg	-1,1
South Korea	-1,1
Switzerland	-1,3
Canada	-2,1
Rwanda	-2,1
Mexico	-2,3
China	-2,5
Finland	-2,5
Denmark	-2,6
Singapore	-2,6
Tunisia	-2,6
Bulgaria	-3,1
Taiwan	-3,2

2010 worst country budgets

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Author:  Bernard-Louis Roques

This page has a list of the worst 25 countries in budget best practice, or “25 worst practice”, ranked by Government Budget Deficit over GDP (in %).

A government budget is made of two basic elements: revenues and expenses.

Revenues are derived primarily from taxes and asset sell-of.

Government expenses include spending , investment (such as infrastructure or research & development), social and welfare expenses.

Country	Budget  deficit
	as a % of GDP
Ireland	-31,3
Botswana	-10,7
Greece	-10,6
United Kingdom	-10,3
United States	-10,3
Portugal	-9,8
Spain	-9,3
Tanzania	-8,8
Latvia	-8,3
Egypt	-8,1
Poland	-7,8
Slovakia	-7,7
Ghana	-7,5
France	-7,1
Namibia	-7,1
Lithuania	-7
Romania	-6,9
Kenya	-6,4
Pakistan	-6,3
Euro Area	-6,2
Slovenia	-5,8
Malaysia	-5,6
Ukraine	-5,5
India	-5,1
Netherlands	-5,1

In this section we will discuss:

• 2010 Best Country budgets
• 2010 Worst Country Budget