Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2023, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 3.3% compared to 2022, reaching 62.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 80.5%.

Germany ranks 12th 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 2.5% (from 60.8% in 2018).

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