DE · 2002 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Germany, 2002
In 2002, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 2.9% compared to 2001, reaching 59.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 65.6%.
Germany ranks 9th 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 1.7% (from 58.8% in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.