Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2018, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 0.4% compared to 2017, reaching 134.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 79.5%.

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 1.7% (from 131.9% in 2013).

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