| Shaded cells indicate IMF staff estimates |
| Country | Subject Descriptor | Units | Scale | Country/Series-specific Notes | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Belgium | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -0.321 | -1.299 | -5.851 | -4.187 | -4.186 | -2.879 |
| Belgium | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 3.325 | 2.247 | -2.412 | -0.934 | -1.007 | 0.533 |
| Cyprus | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 3.510 | 0.922 | -6.113 | -5.343 | -6.500 | -3.710 |
| Cyprus | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | | | | | | | | |
| France | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -2.750 | -3.346 | -7.572 | -7.088 | -5.339 | -4.563 |
| France | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -0.251 | -0.639 | -5.348 | -4.857 | -2.881 | -2.158 |
| Germany | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 0.237 | -0.057 | -3.212 | -4.274 | -1.047 | -0.806 |
| Germany | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 2.676 | 2.287 | -0.906 | -2.131 | 0.699 | 1.040 |
| Greece | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -6.672 | -9.735 | -15.559 | -10.628 | -9.178 | -7.198 |
| Greece | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -1.967 | -4.697 | -10.489 | -4.891 | -2.346 | -0.988 |
| Ireland | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 0.065 | -7.340 | -14.189 | -31.312 | -9.854 | -8.472 |
| Ireland | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 1.007 | -6.164 | -12.344 | -28.248 | -6.659 | -4.409 |
| Italy | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -1.478 | -2.673 | -5.368 | -4.487 | -3.946 | -2.378 |
| Italy | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 3.235 | 2.220 | -0.986 | -0.251 | 0.775 | 2.982 |
| Japan | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -2.088 | -4.110 | -10.393 | -9.361 | -10.069 | -9.986 |
| Japan | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -2.203 | -3.937 | -10.008 | -8.831 | -9.129 | -8.909 |
| Netherlands | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 0.171 | 0.369 | -5.622 | -5.111 | -4.996 | -4.522 |
| Netherlands | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 1.811 | 1.944 | -4.044 | -3.703 | -3.462 | -3.181 |
| Spain | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 1.904 | -4.152 | -11.195 | -9.343 | -8.456 | -6.021 |
| Spain | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | 3.030 | -3.086 | -9.934 | -7.928 | -6.576 | -3.601 |
| United Kingdom | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -2.692 | -4.930 | -10.381 | -9.852 | -8.663 | -7.952 |
| United Kingdom | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -1.113 | -3.342 | -8.617 | -7.405 | -5.822 | -5.297 |
| United States | General government net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -2.745 | -6.691 | -13.039 | -10.492 | -9.562 | -8.081 |
| United States | General government primary net lending/borrowing | Percent of GDP | |  | -0.658 | -4.653 | -11.150 | -8.461 | -7.343 | -6.104 |