NL · 2002 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Netherlands, 2002
In 2002, Netherlands's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 1.4% compared to 2001, reaching 48.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 65.6%.
Netherlands ranks 15th 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 25.8% (from 65.8% in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.