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Public finance & taxation

Government deficit and debt, tax aggregates, social-protection expenditure and government revenue, published by Eurostat under the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) and EDP notifications.

EU-27 average

81.7%

Range (min)

24.1%

Range (max)

146.1%

Countries covered

27/27

Public finance & taxation across the EU

Latest values for Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data (2025) across 27 EU member states. Click a country tile for its full profile.

Finland: 88.5 FI 88.5 Sweden: 35.1 SE 35.1 Denmark: 27.9 DK 27.9 Estonia: 24.1 EE 24.1 Ireland: 32.9 IE 32.9 Netherlands: 44.4 NL 44.4 Germany: 63.5 DE 63.5 Poland: 59.7 PL 59.7 Latvia: 46.9 LV 46.9 Belgium: 107.9 BE 107.9 Luxembourg: 26.5 LU 26.5 Czechia: 44.3 CZ 44.3 Slovakia: 61.4 SK 61.4 Lithuania: 39.5 LT 39.5 France: 115.6 FR 115.6 Austria: 81.5 AT 81.5 Hungary: 74.6 HU 74.6 Romania: 59.3 RO 59.3 Portugal: 89.7 PT 89.7 Spain: 100.7 ES 100.7 Italy: 137.1 IT 137.1 Slovenia: 65.7 SI 65.7 Bulgaria: 29.9 BG 29.9 Cyprus: 55.0 CY 55.0 Malta: 46.4 MT 46.4 Croatia: 56.3 HR 56.3 Greece: 146.1 EL 146.1
24.1 146.1

Top 10 · highest government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

  1. 1Greece146.1%
  2. 2Italy137.1%
  3. 3France115.6%
  4. 4Belgium107.9%
  5. 5Spain100.7%
  6. 6Portugal89.7%
  7. 7Finland88.5%
  8. 8Austria81.5%
  9. 9Hungary74.6%
  10. 10Slovenia65.7%

Bottom 10 · lowest government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

  1. 27Estonia24.1%
  2. 26Luxembourg26.5%
  3. 25Denmark27.9%
  4. 24Bulgaria29.9%
  5. 23Ireland32.9%
  6. 22Sweden35.1%
  7. 21Lithuania39.5%
  8. 20Czechia44.3%
  9. 19Netherlands44.4%
  10. 18Malta46.4%

Snapshot year 2025 · 27 countries covered · EU-27 avg 81.7%

All indicators in this topic

Every Eurostat indicator currently held for this topic, grouped into reader-friendly clusters. Each card links to the cross-country profile with the full time series.

Debt & deficit

2 indicators

Tax aggregates

4 indicators

Social protection spending

3 indicators

Government expenditure

1 indicator

Other indicators

3 indicators

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Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (13 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Ranking snapshots use the most recent year with at least 18 covered member states; smaller samples are flagged. See methodology for the full ranking rules and data caveats.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API