Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2006, Austria's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 1.7% compared to 2005, reaching 68.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 65.0%.

Austria ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.5% (from 67.2% in 2001).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.