Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2005, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 1.4% compared to 2004, reaching 106.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 67.2%.

Italy ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.3% (from 108.7% in 2000).

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