IE · 2002 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Ireland, 2002
In 2002, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 8.0% compared to 2001, reaching 30.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 65.6%.
Ireland ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 49.8% (from 61.6% in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.