Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2007, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 4.1% compared to 2006, reaching 63.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 62.4%.

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 6.5% (from 59.8% in 2002).

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