Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2005, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 23.1% compared to 2004, reaching 1.6%.

Ireland ranks 4th out of 7 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 67.3% (from 4.9% in 2000).

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