Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2013, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 4.8% compared to 2012, reaching 131.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.8%.

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 24.7% (from 105.8% in 2008).

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