IE · 2013 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Ireland, 2013
In 2013, Ireland's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 1.0% compared to 2012, reaching 117.7%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.8%.
Ireland ranks 4th 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 176.9% (from 42.5% in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.