Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2020, Malta's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 24.5% compared to 2019, reaching 48.8%.

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

Malta ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.3% (from 55.0% in 2015).

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