Government deficit or surplus in European Union
The government balance in the European Union was -3.1% of GDP in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
-3.1%
Change from 2024
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Government deficit or surplus in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -3.1% |
| 2024 | -3.1% |
| 2023 | -3.4% |
| 2022 | -3.1% |
| 2021 | -4.6% |
| 2020 | -6.7% |
| 2019 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | -2.4% |
| 2013 | -3.1% |
| 2012 | -3.7% |
| 2011 | -4.1% |
| 2010 | -6.0% |
| 2009 | -6.1% |
| 2008 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | -1.4% |
| 2005 | -2.4% |
| 2004 | -2.7% |
| 2003 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | -2.8% |
| 2001 | -2.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -1.9%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.