Government balance to GDP

27 European countries compared for 2025, eu average -3.1 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
3.4 %
Cyprus
EU average
-3.1 %
27 member states
Median country
-2.5 %
half above, half below
Range
-7.9 to 3.4
Romania - Cyprus

How to read it

Across 27 countries, the highest value is in Cyprus (3.4 %) and the lowest in Romania (-7.9 %).

Half of the countries are above -2.5 % and half below.

The EU average is -3.1 %; 17 of 27 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from -1.4 % in 2006 to -3.1 % in 2025.

Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) · General government · Net lending (+)/net borrowing (-)

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Budget balance over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Cyprus3.4+6.5
2Denmark2.9+6.0
3Ireland1.8+4.9
4Greece1.7+4.8
5Portugal0.7+3.8
6Sweden-1.3+1.8
7Netherlands-1.6+1.5
8Lithuania-1.8+1.3
9Estonia-2.0+1.1
10Luxembourg-2.0+1.1
11Czechia-2.1+1.0
12Malta-2.2+0.9
13Spain-2.4+0.7
14Slovenia-2.5+0.6
15Latvia-2.5+0.6
16Germany-2.7+0.4
17Croatia-3.0+0.1
18Italy-3.10
19Finland-3.4−0.3
20Bulgaria-3.5−0.4
21Austria-4.2−1.1
22Slovakia-4.5−1.4
23Hungary-4.7−1.6
24France-5.1−2.0
25Belgium-5.2−2.1
26Poland-7.3−4.2
27Romania-7.9−4.8
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset gov_10dd_edpt1 · 2025 Source and licence

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