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Provision of deficit and debt data for 2013-second notification Euro area and EU28 government deficit at 2.9% and 3.2% of GDP respectively – Government debt at 90.9% and 85.4%

Eurostat News Release: Provision of deficit and debt data for 2013-second notification Euro area and EU28 government deficit at 2.9% and 3.2% of GDP respectively – Government debt at 90.9% and 85.4%, 21 Οκτωβρίου.

 

In 2013, the government deficit of both the euro area (EA18) and the EU28 decreased in absolute terms compared with 2012, while the government debt rose in both zones. In the euro area the government deficit to GDP ratio decreased from 3.6% in 2012 to 2.9% in 2013 and in the EU28 from 4.2% to 3.2%. In the euro area the government debt to GDP ratio increased from 89.0% at the end of 2012 to 90.9% at the end of 2013 and in the EU28 from 83.5% to 85.4%.