Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2019, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 3.5% compared to 2018, reaching 58.7%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 77.5%.

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 fallen by 21.2% (from 74.5% in 2014).

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