Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2018, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 5.0% compared to 2017, reaching 60.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 79.5%.

Germany ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.5% (from 77.5% in 2013).

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