Government balance to GDP

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

First in the ranking
3.6 %
Cyprus
EU average
-3.1 %
27 member states
Median country
-2.5 %
half above, half below
Range
-7.8 to 3.6
Romania - Cyprus

How to read it

Across 27 countries, the highest value is in Cyprus (3.6 %) and the lowest in Romania (-7.8 %).

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
1Cyprus3.6+6.7
2Denmark2.9+6.0
3Greece2.0+5.1
4Ireland1.8+4.9
5Portugal0.7+3.8
6Sweden-1.6+1.5
7Netherlands-1.6+1.5
8Luxembourg-1.8+1.3
9Lithuania-1.8+1.3
10Estonia-2.0+1.1
11Malta-2.1+1.0
12Czechia-2.2+0.9
13Spain-2.4+0.7
14Latvia-2.5+0.6
15Slovenia-2.5+0.6
16Germany-2.9+0.2
17Croatia-3.0+0.1
18Italy-3.10
19Finland-3.8−0.7
20Bulgaria-4.0−0.9
21Austria-4.1−1.0
22Slovakia-4.4−1.3
23Hungary-4.7−1.6
24France-5.1−2.0
25Belgium-5.2−2.1
26Poland-7.2−4.1
27Romania-7.8−4.7
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset gov_10dd_edpt1 · 2025 Source and licence

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