Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2019, Finland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 0.2% compared to 2018, reaching 65.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 77.5%.

Finland ranks 11th 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 0.8% (from 64.8% in 2014).

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