U.S. budget balance and forecast as a percentage of the GDP 2000-2022

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The statistic shows the U.S. budget balance from 2000 to 2011 with an additional forecast from 2012 to 2022, as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product. State deficit amounted to 1,296 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, which is about 8.7 percent of the U.S. GDP. The forecast predicts a decrease in state deficit down to 339 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, which would be about 1.4 percent of the U.S. GDP.