DE · 2009 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Germany, 2009
In 2009, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 11.0% compared to 2008, reaching 72.4%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 75.7%.
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 11.4% (from 65.0% in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.