Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2020, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 15.8% compared to 2019, reaching 68.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 89.5%.

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 4.5% (from 71.2% in 2015).

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