Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2014, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 3.9% compared to 2013, reaching 74.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 86.9%.

Germany ranks 13th 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 2.9% (from 72.4% in 2009).

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