The structural budget balance refers to the general government cyclically adjusted balance adjusted for nonstructural elements beyond the economic cycle. These include temporary financial sector and asset price movements as well as one-off, or temporary, revenue or expenditure items. The cyclically adjusted balance is the fiscal balance adjusted for the effects of the economic cycle; see, for example, A. Fedelino. A. Ivanova and M. Horton "Computing Cyclically Adjusted Balances and Automatic Stabilizers" IMF Technical Guidance Note No. 5, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/tnm/2009/tnm0905.pdf.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dänemark | 7 | -10 | 37 | -21 | -8 | -5 | -7 | 23 | 19 | -3 | 17 | 16 | 31 | 35 | -2 | 29 | 24 |
| Irland | 4 | 1 | -17 | -13 | -11 | -9 | -6 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -1 | 1 | -5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |
| Singapur | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -39 | -7 | -5 | 6 | |
| Schweiz | -3 | -1 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -2 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | -17 | -1 | 8 | 4 |
| Portugal | -5 | -5 | -9 | -14 | -10 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -4 | -3 | 1 |
| Zypern | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Surinam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -7 | -5 | -4 | -3 | 0 | ||
| Georgien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grenada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luxemburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sao Tome und Principe | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barbados | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Litauen | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Kroatien | -2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | |
| Bosnien-Herzegowina | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Schweden | -34 | 31 | 11 | -22 | -33 | -35 | -37 | -30 | 32 | 42 | 16 | -4 | -78 | -25 | 35 | -1 | |
| Estland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | |
| Lettland | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | ||
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |
| Botsuana | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 0 | -4 | -12 | -15 | -12 | -3 | 0 | -1 | |
| El Salvador | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -2 | |
| Slowenien | -1 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 | |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -2 | |
| Jordanien | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | |
| Griechenland | -6 | -6 | -12 | -18 | -6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | -5 | -8 | -4 | -4 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -10 | -4 | -3 | -4 | -9 | -3 | -1 | -4 | ||
| Finnland | 2 | 7 | 3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -9 | -6 | -3 | -4 |
| Weißrussland | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | -4 | -8 | -5 | |||
| Slowakei | -2 | -1 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -5 | |
| Bulgarien | 0 | 1 | -3 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -5 | -2 | -6 | |
| Niederlande | -12 | -3 | 1 | -31 | -32 | -23 | -15 | -13 | -12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 6 | -7 |
| Tunesien | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -4 | -5 | -3 | -4 | -6 | -6 | -5 | -5 | -9 | -8 | -10 | -11 | |
| Guatemala | -3 | -3 | -10 | -9 | -10 | -9 | -9 | -8 | -6 | -7 | -10 | -13 | -27 | -7 | -13 | -11 | |
| Österreich | -5 | -8 | -6 | -12 | -9 | -7 | -6 | -3 | 0 | -4 | -3 | -1 | 1 | -27 | -19 | -19 | -11 |
| Mauritius | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | -6 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -10 | -38 | -65 | -17 | -11 | -17 |
| Gambia | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -8 | -6 | -9 | -10 | -8 | -13 | -19 | |
| Kanada | -51 | 15 | 16 | -63 | -55 | -42 | -28 | -11 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 1 | -5 | -189 | -48 | -11 | -19 |
| Neuseeland | -1 | 1 | 5 | -11 | -10 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | -16 | -16 | -19 | -20 |
| Peru | -3 | -2 | -1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | -9 | -12 | -15 | -15 | -10 | -55 | -35 | -20 | -26 | |
| Belgien | -14 | -2 | -2 | -15 | -16 | -15 | -13 | -12 | -10 | -10 | -6 | -8 | -14 | -31 | -26 | -22 | -28 |
| Australien | -1 | 9 | 15 | -67 | -64 | -52 | -42 | -44 | -42 | -38 | -26 | -19 | -83 | -161 | -132 | -57 | -30 |
| Spanien | -20 | -9 | -3 | -86 | -76 | -30 | -19 | -13 | -24 | -29 | -28 | -26 | -38 | -55 | -50 | -60 | -54 |
| Marokko | -21 | -33 | -34 | -56 | -64 | -42 | -41 | -38 | -22 | -35 | -33 | -48 | -60 | -77 | -70 | -65 | |
| Uruguay | -10 | 2 | -15 | -16 | -23 | -39 | -50 | -40 | -59 | -69 | -72 | -82 | -67 | -26 | -57 | -75 | |
| Deutschland | -99 | -55 | -69 | -37 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 54 | 46 | -102 | -110 | -85 | -77 | |
| Malaysia | -27 | -17 | -39 | -30 | -33 | -34 | -29 | -31 | -34 | -35 | -51 | -62 | -58 | -84 | -91 | -85 | |
| Rumänien | -3 | -26 | -21 | -16 | -10 | -6 | -4 | -12 | -28 | -35 | -53 | -52 | -88 | -80 | -89 | ||
| Guyana | -20 | -35 | -20 | -35 | -34 | -27 | -28 | 12 | -7 | -47 | -45 | -47 | -67 | -95 | -37 | -89 | |
| Israel | -18 | -12 | -31 | -36 | -43 | -45 | -28 | -9 | -25 | -32 | -52 | -60 | -139 | -56 | -4 | -98 | |
| Serbien | 17 | -132 | -170 | -212 | -213 | -209 | -136 | -52 | 53 | 37 | -30 | -341 | -285 | -86 | -117 | ||
| Großbritannien | -23 | 14 | -50 | -108 | -84 | -87 | -54 | -73 | -66 | -47 | -44 | -44 | -54 | 12 | -76 | -76 | -128 |
| Frankreich | -32 | -32 | -68 | -118 | -97 | -83 | -61 | -56 | -47 | -44 | -44 | -37 | -51 | -145 | -129 | -111 | -138 |
| Island | -15 | 14 | 54 | -22 | -86 | -15 | -28 | -8 | -6 | 12 | -34 | -48 | -116 | -73 | -99 | -206 | -149 |
| Italien | -85 | -42 | -61 | -49 | -53 | -14 | 6 | -4 | 2 | -14 | -23 | -27 | -15 | -102 | -153 | -180 | -161 |
| Polen | -29 | -36 | -101 | -82 | -57 | -54 | -49 | -40 | -36 | -30 | -20 | -29 | -157 | -43 | -120 | -189 | |
| Tschechische Republik | -72 | -117 | -167 | -93 | -38 | 18 | -4 | -10 | 42 | 41 | 11 | -44 | -316 | -329 | -228 | -230 | |
| Dominikanische Republik | -8 | -4 | -63 | -69 | -152 | -84 | -148 | -143 | -139 | -150 | -154 | -156 | -390 | -252 | -225 | -271 | |
| Thailand | -53 | 572 | 56 | 195 | 125 | 116 | 131 | 240 | 86 | 124 | 185 | 247 | -360 | -888 | -552 | -285 | |
| Norwegen | -39 | -13 | -45 | -105 | -99 | -116 | -132 | -158 | -184 | -212 | -227 | -222 | -242 | -374 | -358 | -339 | -372 |
| Angola | 69 | 85 | -11 | 6 | -371 | -631 | -1.110 | -142 | -481 | -1.029 | 909 | 635 | 432 | 1.589 | -161 | -418 | |
| Südafrika | -13 | -1 | -113 | -121 | -143 | -155 | -164 | -184 | -171 | -195 | -197 | -249 | -355 | -329 | -341 | -448 | |
| Ägypten | -45 | -105 | -137 | -166 | -245 | -247 | -279 | -326 | -370 | -422 | -411 | -407 | -479 | -477 | -580 | ||
| Türkei | -16 | -11 | -27 | -15 | -32 | -40 | -37 | -38 | -52 | -84 | -171 | -262 | -207 | -270 | -289 | -701 | |
| Brasilien | -57 | -170 | -162 | -143 | -248 | -400 | -496 | -390 | -489 | -452 | -358 | -795 | -269 | -630 | -866 | ||
| Senegal | 24 | -136 | -334 | -455 | -401 | -405 | -431 | -430 | -406 | -362 | -470 | -528 | -903 | -965 | -1.145 | -936 | |
| Philippinen | -25 | -137 | -112 | -219 | -33 | -35 | 44 | 152 | 28 | -117 | -137 | -279 | -291 | -655 | -1.064 | -1.226 | -1.263 |
| Mexiko | -167 | -44 | -503 | -578 | -707 | -673 | -813 | -815 | -783 | -519 | -665 | -671 | -781 | -869 | -1.201 | -1.411 | |
| Costa Rica | -174 | -173 | -961 | -839 | -1.029 | -1.323 | -1.514 | -1.657 | -1.657 | -2.069 | -2.272 | -2.593 | -2.476 | -2.476 | -1.774 | -1.632 | |
| Kasachstan | 455 | 392 | 1.588 | 1.315 | 1.586 | 729 | -2.605 | -2.004 | -2.298 | 1.417 | -869 | -4.824 | -4.232 | 77 | -2.035 | ||
| Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | -344 | -1.320 | -1.126 | -857 | -563 | -485 | -477 | -686 | -857 | -1.057 | -1.290 | -2.325 | -2.517 | -1.738 | -2.333 | ||
| Russische Föderation | 202 | 1.813 | -1.244 | 895 | 49 | -1.119 | -104 | -2.589 | -2.795 | -928 | 3.061 | 2.184 | -4.792 | 672 | -1.957 | -4.201 | |
| Ungarn | -381 | -1.843 | -896 | -1.337 | -302 | -462 | -843 | -777 | -627 | -1.057 | -1.252 | -1.644 | -3.140 | -4.052 | -4.581 | -4.674 | |
| Argentinien | -14 | 25 | -13 | -79 | -92 | -132 | -186 | -382 | -579 | -746 | -696 | -807 | -1.540 | -1.793 | -3.497 | -7.198 | |
| China | -226 | -102 | -353 | -241 | -191 | -547 | -458 | -1.568 | -2.356 | -2.675 | -3.789 | -5.764 | -8.983 | -6.471 | -8.128 | -8.339 | |
| Chile | 753 | -2.135 | -1.218 | -479 | -711 | -744 | 749 | -1.632 | -3.622 | -2.867 | -3.344 | -3.368 | -27.420 | -3.322 | -10.240 | ||
| Paraguay | 1.588 | 1.250 | 2.835 | -706 | -954 | -730 | -2.943 | -192 | -2.625 | -4.039 | -6.809 | -14.998 | -16.837 | -9.334 | -14.271 | ||
| Republik Korea | 26.107 | 9.298 | 19.738 | 22.345 | 25.754 | 14.131 | 11.419 | 12.176 | 31.856 | 42.393 | 50.125 | 10.488 | -30.367 | 1.768 | -36.320 | -20.286 | |
| Indien | -1.808 | -2.718 | -6.939 | -7.423 | -7.316 | -7.467 | -8.420 | -9.720 | -11.282 | -10.480 | -12.677 | -15.358 | -19.466 | -19.621 | -24.929 | -25.671 | |
| Japan | -39.387 | -27.041 | -42.296 | -41.702 | -39.769 | -38.308 | -31.042 | -24.216 | -24.200 | -20.001 | -16.647 | -18.471 | -45.169 | -30.423 | -24.463 | -34.441 | |
| Kolumbien | -7.615 | 1.963 | -14.685 | -17.268 | -9.666 | -19.853 | -24.899 | -30.775 | -13.106 | -11.791 | -18.611 | -21.337 | -46.823 | -76.541 | -101.157 | -50.729 | |
| Vietnam | -9.002 | -11.071 | -71.845 | -43.955 | -227.418 | -261.210 | -239.837 | -250.158 | -167.541 | -112.092 | -71.416 | -35.822 | -224.910 | -90.626 | 25.081 | -154.327 | |
| Indonesien | 19.001 | -98.494 | -75.241 | -163.961 | -239.516 | -208.959 | -320.121 | -315.155 | -297.483 | -243.620 | -326.410 | -841.456 | -662.072 | -392.195 | -341.412 | ||
| Libanon | -5.066 | -6.681 | -6.951 | -9.093 | -9.485 | -8.819 | -8.794 | -10.548 | -9.748 | -13.511 | -12.914 | -5.665 | 942 | -49.935 | |||
| Ukraine | -9 | -31 | -41 | -63 | -71 | -48 | -17 | -43 | -56 | -88 | -67 | -223 | -182 | -772 |