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Government & fiscal · Canonical indicator

Primary balance

government.primary_balance

Government primary balance excluding interest payments. Rows tagged fresh are chart-ready right now. The others remain in the catalog but have not been hydrated for live observation reads.

Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - Afghanistan in Afghanistan was -0.85% on January 1, 2025. Charted from annual observations in % of gdp.

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Albania2Bangladesh1Afghanistan1Lithuania1Australia1Eswatini1Estonia1Belgium1

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Afghanistan

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - AfghanistanIMF· annual· % of GDP
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Albania

  • Government primary balance, percent of GDP - AlbaniaIMF· annual· % of GDPLive
  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - AlbaniaIMF· annual· % of GDPLive

Australia

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - AustraliaIMF· annual· % of GDPLive

Bangladesh

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - BangladeshIMF· annual· % of GDPLive

Belgium

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - BelgiumIMF· annual· % of GDPLive

Estonia

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - EstoniaIMF· annual· % of GDPLive

Eswatini

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - EswatiniIMF· annual· % of GDPLive

Lithuania

  • Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) - LithuaniaIMF· annual· % of GDPLive