Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2010, Latvia's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 27.9% compared to 2009, reaching 48.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 80.4%.

Latvia ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 291.9% (from 12.4% in 2005).

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