IE · 2011 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Ireland, 2011
In 2011, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 27.1% compared to 2010, reaching 109.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 81.7%.
Ireland ranks 4th 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 362.4% (from 23.7% in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.