Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2009, Sweden's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 8.7% compared to 2008, reaching 41.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 75.7%.

Sweden ranks 18th 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 15.2% (from 48.7% in 2004).

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