IE · 2010 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Ireland, 2010
In 2010, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 39.5% compared to 2009, reaching 86.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 80.4%.
Ireland ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 230.3% (from 26.1% in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.