Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2008, Greece's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 6.0% compared to 2007, reaching 110.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 65.1%.

Greece ranks 1st 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 6.3% (from 104.3% in 2003).

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