Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2013, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 1.0% compared to 2012, reaching 117.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.8%.

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 176.9% (from 42.5% in 2008).

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