Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2024, Portugal's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 3.5% compared to 2023, reaching 93.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 80.7%.

Portugal ranks 6th 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 19.5% (from 116.1% in 2019).

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