Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2021, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 0.1% compared to 2020, reaching 67.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 86.7%.

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 0.6% (from 68.3% in 2016).

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