Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2007, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 2.6% compared to 2006, reaching 103.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 62.4%.

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 105.9% in 2002).

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