Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2007, Austria's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 3.5% compared to 2006, reaching 65.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 62.4%.

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 fallen by 2.4% (from 67.4% in 2002).

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