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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of 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 | 4,936 | |
| Angola | 69 | 78 | 130 | 214 | -132 | -382 | -877 | 44 | -349 | -915 | 1,002 | 626 | 185 | 1,109 | |
| Russian Federation | 202 | 1,813 | -1,244 | 895 | 49 | -1,119 | -104 | -2,589 | -2,795 | -928 | 3,061 | 2,184 | -4,792 | 672 | |
| Dominican Republic | -8 | -4 | -63 | -69 | -152 | -84 | -44 | 74 | -2 | 2 | 13 | 38 | -153 | 48 | |
| हांगकांग | 7 | -18 | 10 | 79 | 66 | 67 | 22 | 82 | 16 | 119 | 148 | 67 | 9 | -152 | 25 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1 | -17 | -14 | -11 | -9 | -7 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 2 | |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 1 | |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -8 | -9 | -6 | -9 | -4 | -7 | -4 | -5 | 0 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Grenada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Barbados | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1 | |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | |
| El Salvador | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |
| Portugal | -5 | -5 | -9 | -14 | -10 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 |
| Slovakia | -2 | -1 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | |
| Jordan | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -3 | -2 | ||
| Latvia | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | ||
| Slovenia | -1 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -1 | -5 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -3 | |
| Botswana | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -6 | 0 | -4 | -11 | -15 | -15 | -4 | |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | |
| Switzerland | -3 | -1 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -2 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | -17 | -4 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | -3 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -4 | |
| Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -7 | -5 | -4 | ||
| Belarus | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | -5 | |||
| Finland | 2 | 7 | 3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -8 | -6 |
| Gambia | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -8 | -7 | -9 | -10 | -7 | |
| Tunisia | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -4 | -5 | -3 | -5 | -6 | -6 | -5 | -5 | -9 | -8 | |
| Greece | -6 | -6 | -13 | -20 | -8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | -6 | -9 |
| Croatia | -16 | -20 | -20 | -20 | -21 | -16 | -9 | -3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | -20 | -12 | ||
| Singapore | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -39 | -12 | |
| Guatemala | -3 | -3 | -10 | -9 | -10 | -9 | -9 | -8 | -6 | -8 | -11 | -14 | -27 | -13 | |
| Netherlands | -12 | -3 | 1 | -31 | -29 | -19 | -8 | -4 | -6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | -11 | -17 |
| New Zealand | -1 | 1 | 5 | -9 | -8 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -6 | -12 | -17 |
| Austria | -5 | -8 | -6 | -11 | -9 | -7 | -6 | -2 | 0 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -19 | -19 |
| Sweden | -34 | 32 | 13 | -20 | -32 | -34 | -36 | -29 | 32 | 41 | 15 | -8 | -84 | -19 | |
| Belgium | -14 | -2 | -2 | -14 | -15 | -13 | -11 | -10 | -8 | -7 | -2 | -5 | -11 | -35 | -25 |
| Mauritius | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | -6 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -10 | -39 | -65 | -27 |
| Denmark | 7 | -12 | 39 | -22 | -6 | -7 | -8 | 27 | 22 | -2 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 7 | -31 |
| Peru | -3 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | -1 | -10 | -12 | -15 | -12 | -5 | -46 | -33 | |
| Uruguay | -10 | 3 | -14 | -15 | -22 | -38 | -48 | -38 | -52 | -59 | -21 | -31 | -65 | -42 | |
| Spain | -20 | -9 | -3 | -86 | -76 | -30 | -19 | -13 | -24 | -29 | -28 | -26 | -39 | -65 | -54 |
| Israel | -18 | -11 | -31 | -35 | -43 | -45 | -28 | -9 | -25 | -31 | -52 | -60 | -137 | -58 | |
| Malaysia | -27 | -17 | -39 | -30 | -33 | -33 | -28 | -32 | -34 | -35 | -51 | -25 | -52 | -74 | |
| United Kingdom | -25 | 10 | -49 | -108 | -87 | -92 | -60 | -76 | -71 | -57 | -49 | -52 | -60 | 11 | -75 |
| Morocco | -21 | -33 | -34 | -56 | -64 | -53 | -61 | -52 | -54 | -49 | -46 | -48 | -64 | -77 | |
| Poland | -29 | -37 | -107 | -87 | -60 | -59 | -51 | -41 | -37 | -31 | -24 | -31 | -159 | -81 | |
| Romania | -3 | -32 | -18 | -10 | -10 | -2 | -1 | -13 | -31 | -37 | -56 | -57 | -90 | ||
| Italy | -85 | -45 | -67 | -61 | -66 | -26 | -8 | -17 | -10 | -22 | -27 | -29 | -17 | -106 | -94 |
| Guyana | -20 | -35 | -20 | -35 | -34 | -27 | -28 | 12 | -7 | -47 | -45 | -47 | -67 | -95 | |
| Canada | -51 | 15 | 16 | -63 | -55 | -42 | -29 | -11 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 1 | -5 | -197 | -101 |
| Germany | -100 | -55 | -69 | -37 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 54 | 46 | -103 | -111 | |
| France | -32 | -32 | -68 | -118 | -97 | -83 | -61 | -56 | -47 | -44 | -44 | -37 | -51 | -139 | -129 |
| Iceland | -15 | 14 | 54 | -22 | -87 | -15 | -27 | -6 | -4 | 16 | -29 | -43 | -121 | -127 | -135 |
| Australia | -1 | 9 | 15 | -67 | -65 | -52 | -42 | -44 | -43 | -38 | -29 | -22 | -81 | -163 | -136 |
| Taiwan Province of China | -166 | -634 | -301 | -741 | -603 | -636 | -484 | -475 | -305 | -371 | -360 | -328 | -309 | -540 | -158 |
| Ukraine | -9 | -31 | -41 | -63 | -71 | -48 | -83 | -42 | -60 | -114 | -72 | -230 | -192 | ||
| Serbia | 16 | -132 | -170 | -212 | -213 | -209 | -136 | -53 | 52 | 37 | -28 | -332 | -268 | ||
| South Africa | -13 | -1 | -113 | -121 | -143 | -155 | -164 | -184 | -172 | -196 | -203 | -251 | -339 | -340 | |
| Brazil | -42 | -57 | -195 | -160 | -173 | -240 | -417 | -599 | -498 | -460 | -461 | -426 | -912 | -353 | |
| Norway | -39 | -13 | -45 | -105 | -99 | -116 | -132 | -158 | -184 | -212 | -227 | -222 | -224 | -361 | -354 |
| Turkey | -16 | -21 | -36 | -20 | -38 | -49 | -46 | -54 | -83 | -109 | -198 | -270 | -263 | -367 | |
| Czech Republic | -72 | -117 | -167 | -93 | -38 | 18 | -4 | -10 | 42 | 41 | 11 | -44 | -316 | -380 | |
| Egypt | -45 | -105 | -137 | -166 | -245 | -247 | -279 | -326 | -370 | -425 | -415 | -412 | -480 | ||
| Mexico | -165 | -47 | -509 | -582 | -706 | -676 | -813 | -814 | -775 | -453 | -534 | -455 | -614 | -816 | |
| Thailand | -53 | 37 | 141 | 299 | -109 | -52 | 50 | 336 | 146 | 228 | 267 | 162 | -449 | -881 | |
| Senegal | 24 | -136 | -334 | -455 | -401 | -405 | -431 | -430 | -406 | -362 | -470 | -528 | -903 | -965 | |
| Philippines | -25 | -137 | -112 | -219 | -26 | -43 | 22 | 87 | 90 | -58 | -75 | -292 | -322 | -684 | -1,124 |
| Argentina | -14 | 25 | -13 | -79 | -92 | -132 | -186 | -381 | -577 | -744 | -703 | -824 | -1,570 | -1,752 | |
| United States of America | -344 | -1,319 | -1,124 | -855 | -560 | -487 | -475 | -685 | -815 | -1,049 | -1,204 | -2,339 | -2,175 | ||
| Costa Rica | -174 | -239 | -1,011 | -887 | -1,087 | -1,373 | -1,592 | -1,644 | -1,668 | -2,101 | -2,297 | -2,611 | -2,509 | -2,204 | |
| Hungary | -266 | -2,222 | -1,139 | -1,203 | 38 | -184 | -652 | -485 | -591 | -1,145 | -1,282 | -1,518 | -3,455 | -3,060 | |
| Kazakhstan | 455 | 392 | 1,588 | 1,315 | 1,586 | 729 | -2,605 | -2,004 | -2,298 | 1,417 | -869 | -4,824 | -4,198 | ||
| China | -226 | -102 | -360 | -245 | -192 | -548 | -459 | -1,553 | -2,337 | -2,659 | -3,770 | -5,707 | -8,660 | -6,436 | |
| Paraguay | 1,588 | 1,250 | 2,835 | -706 | -954 | -730 | -2,943 | -192 | -3,515 | -5,001 | -7,801 | -15,832 | -16,960 | ||
| India | -1,828 | -2,719 | -6,941 | -7,423 | -7,316 | -7,467 | -8,420 | -9,720 | -11,282 | -10,480 | -12,677 | -14,878 | -18,521 | -20,514 | |
| Chile | 753 | -2,135 | -1,218 | -479 | -711 | -744 | 749 | -1,632 | -3,622 | -2,867 | -3,344 | -4,729 | -27,955 | ||
| Japan | -38,790 | -26,492 | -39,756 | -39,184 | -37,182 | -37,240 | -28,997 | -22,868 | -22,322 | -18,624 | -13,903 | -14,720 | -45,136 | -35,008 | |
| Colombia | -7,615 | 1,963 | -14,685 | -17,266 | -9,623 | -19,815 | -24,899 | -30,767 | -13,039 | -11,721 | -18,551 | -16,644 | -45,812 | -67,759 | |
| Viet Nam | -9,002 | -10,923 | -50,730 | -19,297 | -2,17,639 | -2,72,858 | -2,56,448 | -2,68,847 | -1,91,298 | -1,36,757 | -74,353 | -13,957 | -2,35,476 | -3,16,677 | |
| Indonesia | 17,858 | -98,477 | -75,193 | -1,63,961 | -2,39,516 | -2,45,255 | -3,06,198 | -3,05,906 | -3,30,716 | -2,51,550 | -3,44,852 | -8,04,683 | -6,53,708 | ||
| Lebanon | -5,066 | -6,681 | -6,950 | -9,092 | -9,483 | -8,819 | -8,795 | -10,554 | -9,764 | -13,540 | -12,957 | -5,726 |