Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2009, Finland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 27.1% compared to 2008, reaching 44.1%.

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

Finland ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.8% (from 44.9% in 2004).

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