Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2010, Portugal's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 14.0% compared to 2009, reaching 99.9%.

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

Portugal ranks 4th 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 38.4% (from 72.2% in 2005).

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