Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2009, Austria's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 16.3% compared to 2008, reaching 80.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.7%.

Austria ranks 6th 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 22.6% (from 65.9% in 2004).

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