Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2010, Finland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 13.6% compared to 2009, reaching 50.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 80.4%.

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 grown by 19.0% (from 42.1% in 2005).

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