Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2021, Austria's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 1.0% compared to 2020, reaching 82.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 86.7%.

Austria ranks 8th 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 1.2% (from 83.4% in 2016).

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