Euro area and EU28 government deficit at 2.1% and 2.4% of GDP respectively – Government debt at 90.7% and 85.2%

Eurostat/Euro area and EU28 government deficit at 2.1% and 2.4% of GDP respectively – Government debt at 90.7% and 85.2%/76/2016 – 21 April 2016

In 2015, the government deficit and debt of both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 decreased in relative terms compared with 2014. In the euro area the government deficit to GDP ratio fell from 2.6% in 2014 to 2.1% in 2015, and in the EU28 from 3.0% to 2.4%. In the euro area the government debt to GDP ratio declined from 92.0% at the end of 2014 to 90.7% at the end of 2015, and in the EU28 from 86.8% to 85.2%.

Relevant Posts

• Eurostat/Provision of deficit and debt data for 2014 – second notification/186/2015 – 21 October 2015
• Eurostat/First quarter of 2015/133/2015 – 23 July 2015