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Malta

Fiscal Balance

-8
percent of GDP
Source: IMF
158
Tunisia-7.71
159
Namibia-7.8
160
Kenya-7.9
160
Suriname-7.9
162
Malta-8
163
Kiribati-8.02
165
El Salvador-8.19
166
Aruba-8.5
167
Cape Verde-8.6
40
Spain-6.9
41
Romania-7.1
42
Italy-7.2
43
Latvia-7.3
44
Greece-7.4
45
Malta-8
46
Iceland-8.9

Definition of Fiscal Balance

The fiscal (budget) balance is the difference between government revenue and government expenditure. We express the value as percent of GDP to relate it to the size of the economy.

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