PT · 2003 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Portugal, 2003
In 2003, Portugal's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 6.5% compared to 2002, reaching 63.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 66.8%.
Portugal ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 14.9% (from 55.6% in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.