Public balance

Net borrowing/lending of consolidated general government sector as a percentage of GDP

timegeo 199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
EU (27 countries):-2.6-1.9-1.00.6-1.4-2.5-3.1-2.8-2.5-1.4-0.9
EU (25 countries)-4.2-2.6-1.9-0.90.6-1.4-2.5-3.1-2.9-2.5-1.4-0.9
EU (15 countries)-4.2-2.6-1.8-0.80.8-1.2-2.3-3.0-2.8-2.4-1.3-0.8
Euro area-4.2-2.6-2.2-1.30.1-1.8-2.5-3.0-2.9-2.5-1.3-0.6
Euro area (15 countries)-4.2-2.7-2.3-1.40.0-1.8-2.5-3.1-2.9-2.5-1.3-0.6
Euro area (13 countries)-4.2-2.7-2.3-1.40.0-1.8-2.5-3.0-2.9-2.5-1.3-0.6
Euro area (12 countries)-4.2-2.7-2.3-1.40.0-1.8-2.5-3.0-2.9-2.5-1.3-0.6
Belgium-3.8-2.0-0.8-0.50.10.60.00.00.0-2.30.3-0.2
Bulgaria:::::0.4-1.0-0.51.41.83.03.4
Czech Republic-3.3-3.8-5.0-3.7-3.7-5.7-6.8-6.6-3.0-3.6-2.7-1.6
Denmark-2.0-0.6-0.11.32.21.30.2-0.11.95.04.84.4
Germany-3.3-2.6-2.2-1.51.3-2.8-3.7-4.0-3.8-3.4-1.60.0
Estonia-0.42.2-0.7-3.5-0.2-0.10.41.81.61.83.42.8
Ireland-0.11.12.42.74.70.9-0.40.41.41.63.00.3
Greece::::::-4.7-5.6-7.4-5.1-2.6-2.8
Spain-4.8-3.4-3.2-1.4-1.0-0.6-0.5-0.2-0.31.01.82.2
France-4.0-3.3-2.6-1.8-1.5-1.5-3.1-4.1-3.6-2.9-2.4-2.7
Italy-7.0-2.7-2.8-1.7-0.8-3.1-2.9-3.5-3.5-4.2-3.4-1.9
Cyprus-3.2-5.0-4.1-4.3-2.3-2.2-4.4-6.5-4.1-2.4-1.23.3
Latvia-0.51.40.0-3.9-2.8-2.1-2.3-1.6-1.0-0.4-0.20.0
Lithuania-3.3-11.9-3.1-2.8-3.2-3.6-1.9-1.3-1.5-0.5-0.5-1.2
Luxembourg1.23.73.43.46.06.12.10.5-1.2-0.11.32.9
Hungary-4.7-6.2-8.2-5.5-2.9-4.0-8.9-7.2-6.5-7.8-9.2-5.5
Malta-8.0-7.7-9.9-7.7-6.2-6.4-5.5-9.9-4.6-3.0-2.6-1.8
Netherlands-1.9-1.2-0.90.42.0-0.2-2.1-3.1-1.7-0.30.50.4
Austria-3.9-1.8-2.3-2.2-1.70.0-0.6-1.4-3.7-1.5-1.5-0.5
Poland-4.9-4.6-4.3-2.3-3.0-5.1-5.0-6.3-5.7-4.3-3.8-2.0
Portugal-4.5-3.5-3.4-2.8-2.9-4.3-2.9-2.9-3.4-6.1-3.9-2.6
Romania-3.7-4.5-3.2-4.5-4.4-3.5-2.0-1.5-1.2-1.2-2.2-2.5
Slovenia-1.2-2.4-2.4-3.1-3.8-4.0-2.5-2.7-2.3-1.5-1.2-0.1
Slovakia-9.9-6.3-5.3-7.1-12.2-6.5-8.2-2.7-2.4-2.8-3.6-2.2
Finland-3.5-1.21.71.66.95.04.12.62.42.94.15.3
Sweden-3.3-1.61.11.43.81.6-1.2-0.90.82.22.33.5
United Kingdom-4.2-2.2-0.10.93.60.5-2.0-3.3-3.4-3.4-2.6-2.9
Croatia::::::-4.1-4.5-4.3-4.0-2.4-1.6
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of::::::::::::
Turkey:::::-33.0-12.9-11.3-4.5-0.6-0.1-1.2
Iceland-1.6-0.00.52.42.50.2-0.4-1.60.1:::
Norway:::::13.59.37.311.115.219.3:
Switzerland-1.5-1.50.0-0.80.9-0.3-0.8:::::
United States-2.2-0.80.40.91.6-0.4-3.8-4.6-4.4:::
Japan-5.1-3.8-5.5-7.2-7.5-6.1-7.9-7.7-6.5:::
Canada-2.80.20.11.62.91.10.30.61.1:::
:=Not available
Source of Data: Eurostat
Last Update: 11.07.2008
Date of extraction: 23 Aug 2008 15:00:50 GMT
Hyperlink to the table: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tsieb080
General Disclaimer of the EC: http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm
Short Description: EU definition: net borrowing (+)/net lending (-) of general government is the difference between the revenue and the expenditure of the general government sector. The general government sector comprises the following subsectors: central government, state government, local government, and social security funds. GDP used as a denominator is the gross domestic product at current market prices.