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Table A1 Budget Surplus or Deficit as Percentage of GDP
Two versions of CIA 2015, original and revised estimate
Unit: Number and %
July 2016 (original)
November 2016 (revised)
total
c
Neg Zero Pos
total
c
Neg Zero Pos
The world
No.
219 a 186
5
28
219 a 179
6
34
%
100.0
84.9
2.3
12.8
100.0
81.7
2.7
15.5
average% -3.92
-5.27
0 4.4
-4.03 b -5.59
0 3.73
median% -2.90
c
-3.40
0 2.00
-2.85 c -3.50
0 1.40
OECD countries
No.
35
28
1
6
35
27
2
6
%
100.0
80.0
2.9
17.1
100.0
77.1
5.7
17.1
average% -1.81
-2.55
0 3.73
-1.67
-2.51
0 1.47
median% -2.00
c
-2.35
0 1.40
-2.00
c
-2.40
0 0.55
EU countries
No.
28
23
1
4
28
24
1
3
%
100.0
82.1
3.6
14.3
100.0
85.7
3.6
10.7
average% -1.77
-2.49
0 1.95
-1.82
-2.23
0 0.8
median% -1.95
c
-2.30
0 0.55
c
-1.85
c
-2.00
0 0.70
Notes: a. Does not include EU. For revised Nov. 2016 data, b. the "Average" does not include Anguilla. c. the
"Median" includes Anguilla.
Sources: World Factbook (2016a). Table compiled by the author.
Appendix B Historical data on Taiwan's Government Deficit
and Public Debt
Figure B1 shows the time series from 1992 to 2013 on Taiwan's government
deficit or surplus in NT$ millions (the columns) and their GDP ratios (the solid
line) in percentage. The ratio ranges from almost -6 to +0.8%, but +0.8 was
achieved only once in around 1998. While the budget deficit ratio has been
decreasing since around 2007 from about -4.5% to recent -1.5% (2013), the
revised estimate of +0.1 surplus by World Factbook (2015) appears to be an
exception.
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