Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2006, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 0.1% compared to 2005, reaching 106.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 65.0%.

Italy ranks 1st 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 2.0% (from 108.5% in 2001).

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