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-1.9% GDP

Median of the 15 countries in 2025 · highest value: Argentina, 1.3 % GDP · lowest: China, -6.9 % GDP

Median of the 15 countries: -1.9 % GDP

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Primary balance: country ranking
RankCountry2025
1Argentina1.3 % GDP
2Mexico1.2 % GDP
3Italy0.5 % GDP
4Brazil-0.1 % GDP
5Turkey-0.1 % GDP
6Indonesia-0.8 % GDP
7Canada-1.9 % GDP
8Australia-1.9 % GDP
9Germany-2.1 % GDP
10United Kingdom-2.7 % GDP
11France-3 % GDP
12Russia-3.6 % GDP
13United States-3.9 % GDP
14Saudi Arabia-5.6 % GDP
15China-6.9 % GDP

Not yet published for 2025: India, Japan, South Korea, South Africa.

Source: IMF
Data 2025

How to read this ranking

Every value comes from one harmonised source (IMF) and covers the same period, 2025. It can differ from the national figure shown on each country's card.

Countries are ordered from the highest to the lowest value: a higher rank is neither better nor worse.

Countries with the same value share a rank. A country with no value for 2025 is not ranked on another year.

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