Overall surplus/deficit, excluding all grants (current LCU) by country
Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue excluding current grants less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Values are in current local currencies.
What the numbers show
Overall surplus/deficit, excluding all grants (current LCU) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 49.00 billion current LCU in Central African Republic; the lowest is -57.98 trillion current LCU in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is -119.30 billion current LCU, and the mean is -2.13 trillion current LCU.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 1,053.1%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 1,596.9%).
Overall surplus/deficit, excluding all grants: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 49.00 billion current LCU | 2010 | up 664.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Togo | 36.67 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 1,053.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Seychelles | 7.62 million current LCU | 2010 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Cape Verde | -25,562 current LCU | 2011 | down 193.1% | falling |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | -302.36 million current LCU | 2011 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Gambia | -988.50 million current LCU | 2004 | down 569.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Eswatini | -1.98 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 373.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | -2.41 billion current LCU | 2010 | down 211.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Lesotho | -5.85 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 1,596.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Botswana | -7.61 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 644.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Burundi | -11.50 billion current LCU | 2002 | up 54.7% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritius | -20.29 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 154.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Congo | -28.92 billion current LCU | 1996 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | -29.41 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 389.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Mauritania | -42.01 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | -43.80 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Malawi | -61.60 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 549.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | -119.30 billion current LCU | 2003 | down 101.2% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | -119.37 billion current LCU | 2005 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 20 | South Africa | -148.72 billion current LCU | 2008 | down 408.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Chad | -160.00 billion current LCU | 2007 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | -172.44 billion current LCU | 2008 | down 1,045.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Mali | -178.90 billion current LCU | 2001 | down 112.5% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | -248.63 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 1,021.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | -334.50 billion current LCU | 2007 | down 444.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | -402.20 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 887.1% | rising |
| 27 | Guinea | -427.50 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Rwanda | -469.55 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 554.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | -554.45 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 107.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | -1.36 trillion current LCU | 2011 | down 449.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Uganda | -1.74 trillion current LCU | 2011 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Madagascar | -1.89 trillion current LCU | 2011 | down 311.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Tanzania | -3.70 trillion current LCU | 2011 | down 978.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Zambia | -4.20 trillion current LCU | 2011 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Mozambique | -57.98 trillion current LCU | 2011 | down 281.2% | volatile |
About this data
Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue excluding current grants less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Values are in current local currencies.