IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 48 economies tracked
-1.65 (2024)
##12 of 48 economies
12.0%
0.47×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Brazil climbed from #32 to #12 (overtook Samoa). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Brazil ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.
Gross Operating Balance (% of GDP), Primary Balance (% of GDP), Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)
No community estimates yet for Government Fiscal Balance (% of GDP) — be the first.