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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	General government structural balance as percent of potential GDP.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:
Annotation:	Dataset: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2024, General government structural balance [GGSB_NPGDP] URL: https://www.imf.org/en/Publi… extracted 2024/08/28.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	5.4175
Minimum:	-10.0825
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9

Top group

Score

General Government Structural Balance

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Upper middle group

Ireland

8.1

2.15

Denmark

7.3

0.85

Switzerland

7.2

0.51

Portugal

7.0

0.31

Sweden

6.8

-0.01

Lithuania

6.6

-0.40

Canada

6.5

-0.65

Netherlands

6.5

-0.66

Australia

6.2

-1.15

Finland

6.0

-1.50

Lower middle group

Greece

5.9

-1.65

Germany

5.8

-1.87

Estonia

5.8

-1.88

Latvia

5.7

-1.96

Austria

5.5

-2.31

Slovenia

5.1

-3.00

Czechia

5.1

-3.08

Spain

4.7

-3.70

Slovakia

4.3

-4.44

4.1

-4.67

Belgium

4.1

-4.76

France

4.0

-4.88

New Zealand

4.0

-4.92

Israel

3.8

-5.30

Poland

3.7

-5.51

Japan

3.5

-5.83

Hungary

3.2

-6.31

Bottom group

Italy

2.3

-7.76

USA

1.9

-8.59

Norway

1.3

-9.60