Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2014, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 13.8% compared to 2013, reaching 101.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.9%.

Ireland ranks 7th 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 64.1% (from 61.8% in 2009).

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