Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2023, Italy's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 3.3% compared to 2022, reaching 133.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 80.5%.

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 fallen by 0.2% (from 134.2% in 2018).

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