Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2005, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 3.2% compared to 2004, reaching 67.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 67.2%.

Germany 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 grown by 13.3% (from 59.2% in 2000).

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