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United States: Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) (IMF)
-3.38percent · 2031+63.4% since 2021
Overall balance excluding net interest payment (interest expenditure minus interest revenue). Annual figures for United States from 2001 to 2031.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.376 | projection |
| 2030 | -3.559 | projection |
| 2029 | -3.689 | projection |
| 2028 | -3.904 | projection |
| 2027 | -3.958 | projection |
| 2026 | -4.924 | |
| 2025 | -3.88 | |
| 2024 | -4.63 | |
| 2023 | -4.853 | |
| 2022 | -1.004 | |
| 2021 | -9.222 | |
| 2020 | -12.077 | |
| 2019 | -3.528 | |
| 2018 | -3.101 | |
| 2017 | -2.781 | |
| 2016 | -2.374 | |
| 2015 | -1.692 | |
| 2014 | -2.056 | |
| 2013 | -2.584 | |
| 2012 | -5.905 | |
| 2011 | -7.419 | |
| 2010 | -8.966 | |
| 2009 | -11.288 | |
| 2008 | -4.589 | |
| 2007 | -0.847 | |
| 2006 | -0.074 | |
| 2005 | -1.084 | |
| 2004 | -2.351 | |
| 2003 | -2.812 | |
| 2002 | -1.717 | |
| 2001 | 1.768 |
Source
Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) (IMF) in other countries
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- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
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- Armenia
- Aruba
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- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
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- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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