Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2020, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 15.3% compared to 2019, reaching 154.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 89.5%.

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 14.5% (from 134.8% in 2015).

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