IE · 2004 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Ireland, 2004
In 2004, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 6.0% compared to 2003, reaching 28.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 67.1%.
Ireland ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 39.9% (from 46.6% in 1999).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.