Saudi Arabia
-5.8% (FY2025 (actual))
Ministry of Finance — Saudi Arabia·FY2025 (actual)·undated source · read on 28 Oct 2026·updated 28 Oct 2026
Indicators
Fiscal balance, central government (% of GDP)
% · annual
Government budget balance (revenue minus expenditure) as a percentage of GDP. Negative = deficit, positive = surplus.
Methodology: Budget-document figures are often the central/federal government only and can differ materially from the IMF's consolidated general-government measure (see UAE note on country page).
United Arab Emirates
0.4% (2025 (IMF estimate))
International Monetary Fund·2025 (IMF estimate)(estimate)·source dated 8 Dec 2025·updated 4 Oct 2026
- 2024: 0.4%
- 2023: 0.7%
Qatar
-1% (2025)
IMF — World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (published 13 Oct 2026), DataMapper·2025·source dated 13 Oct 2026·updated 30 Oct 2026
- 2024: 0.7%
- 2023: 5.5%
Kuwait
-2.2% (FY2024/25)
International Monetary Fund·FY2024/25·source dated 24 Feb 2026·updated 4 Oct 2026
- FY2023/24: -3.1%
- FY2022/23: 11.7%
Bahrain
-13.2% (2025 (IMF estimate))
IMF — World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (published 13 Oct 2026), DataMapper·2025 (IMF estimate)(estimate)·source dated 13 Oct 2026·updated 30 Oct 2026
- 2024: -11.0%
- 2023: -9.7%
- 2022: -6.0%
Oman
-1.1% (2025)
Central Bank of Oman·2025·source dated 10 Sep 2026·updated 4 Oct 2026
- 2024: 1.3%
- 2023: 2.3%
Iraq
-6.2% (2025)
IMF — World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (published 13 Oct 2026), DataMapper·2025·source dated 13 Oct 2026·updated 30 Oct 2026
- 2024 (actual): -3.5%
- 2023: -1.1%
Sources
- Ministry of Finance — Saudi Arabia · mof.gov.sa
- International Monetary Fund · imf.org
- IMF — World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (published 13 Oct 2026), DataMapper · imf.org
- Central Bank of Oman · cbo.gov.om