Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Northern America
Northern America: Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP was -24.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Northern America, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2023, cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Northern America stood at -24.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Northern America peaked at -18.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, -32.0%, in 2020.
Northern America ranks 12th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Northern America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -18.0% | — |
| 2001 | -19.4% | +8.0% |
| 2002 | -19.9% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | -20.4% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | -20.2% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | -20.5% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | -20.3% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | -20.5% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | -22.3% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | -25.0% | +12.1% |
| 2010 | -25.5% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | -24.7% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | -23.4% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | -22.4% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | -22.1% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | -22.0% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | -22.1% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | -21.9% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | -21.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | -22.3% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | -32.0% | +43.4% |
| 2021 | -31.0% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | -24.5% | -21.1% |
| 2023 | -24.4% | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Northern America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -43.4% | -22.3% | -32.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -20.7% | -25.0% | -18.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | -22.8% | -25.5% | -21.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | -28.0% | -32.0% | -24.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 9 Bangladesh -8.3% compare
- 10 Sudan -9.7% compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic -10.3% compare
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- 13 Zimbabwe -11.0% compare
- 14 Tajikistan -11.0% compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea -11.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Northern America
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 29.81 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 31.41 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 21.64 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 81,512 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 63,589 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 24.50 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5.13 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 4.47 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 5.85 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 22.11 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Northern America?
- Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Northern America was -24.4% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was -18.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was -32.0% in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp?
- Northern America ranks 12th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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