Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2007, Netherlands's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 4.9% compared to 2006, reaching 42.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 62.4%.

Netherlands ranks 12th 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 12.3% (from 48.8% in 2002).

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