Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2010, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 2.3% compared to 2009, reaching 118.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 80.4%.

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 grown by 11.9% (from 106.2% in 2005).

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