Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2022, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 5.1% compared to 2021, reaching 138.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 82.4%.

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 3.5% (from 133.7% in 2017).

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