Sheet0General government deficit/surplus% of GDP and million EURPercentage of gross domestic product (GDP)geo\time200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014EU (28 countries)::::::::-4.5-4.2-3.2-2.9EU (27 countries)::::::::-4.5-4.2-3.2-2.9Euro area (19 countries)::::::::-4.1-3.6-2.9-2.4Euro area (18 countries)::::::::-4.1-3.6-2.9-2.4Euro area (17 countries)::::::::-4.1-3.6-2.9-2.4Belgium-1.8-0.2-2.60.20-1.1-5.5-4-4.1-4.1-2.9-3.2Bulgaria-0.41.811.81.11.6-4.2-3.2-2-0.7-0.9-2.8Czech Republic-6.4-2.7-3.1-2.3-0.7-2.1-5.5-4.4-2.7-3.9-1.2-2Denmark-0.12.15553.2-2.8-2.7-2.1-3.7-1.11.2Germany-4.1-3.7-3.3-1.50.30-3-4.1-0.90.10.10.7Estonia1.82.41.12.92.5-2.7-2.20.21.2-0.2-0.20.6Ireland0.81.41.32.80.3-7-13.9-32.5-12.7-8.1-5.8-4.1Greece::::::::-10.2-8.7-12.3-3.5Spain-0.401.22.22-4.4-11-9.4-9.4-10.3-6.8-5.8France-3.9-3.5-3.2-2.3-2.5-3.2-7.2-6.8-5.1-4.8-4.1-4Croatia-4.5-5-3.7-3.2-2.4-2.7-5.8-5.9-7.5-5.3-5.4-5.7Italy-3.4-3.6-4.2-3.6-1.5-2.7-5.3-4.2-3.5-3-2.9-3Cyprus-5.9-3.7-2.2-13.30.9-5.5-4.8-5.8-5.8-4.9-8.8Latvia-1.6-1-0.4-0.6-0.6-4-9-8.1-3.3-0.8-0.7-1.4Lithuania:-1.4-0.3-0.3-0.8-3.1-9.1-6.9-8.9-3.1-2.6-0.7Luxembourg0.5-1.10.21.44.23.3-0.5-0.50.40.10.90.6Hungary-7.2-6.4-7.9-9.4-5.1-3.7-4.6-4.5-5.5-2.3-2.5-2.6Malta-9.1-4.4-2.7-2.6-2.3-4.2-3.3-3.3-2.6-3.6-2.6-2.1Netherlands-3-1.8-0.30.20.20.2-5.5-5-4.3-4-2.3-2.3Austria-1.8-4.8-2.5-2.5-1.3-1.4-5.3-4.5-2.6-2.2-1.3-2.4Poland-6.1-5.2-4-3.6-1.9-3.6-7.3-7.6-4.9-3.7-4-3.2Portugal-4.4-6.2-6.2-4.3-3-3.8-9.8-11.2-7.4-5.6-4.8-4.5Romania-1.5-1.2-1.2-2.2-2.9-5.6-8.9-6.6-5.3-2.9-2.2-1.5Slovenia-2.6-2-1.3-1.2-0.1-1.4-5.9-5.6-6.6-4-14.9-4.9Slovakia-2.7-2.3-2.9-3.6-1.9-2.4-7.9-7.5-4.1-4.2-2.6-2.9Finland2.42.22.63.95.14.2-2.5-2.6-1-2.1-2.5-3.2Sweden-1.30.31.82.23.32-0.70-0.1-0.9-1.4-1.9United Kingdom-3.4-3.6-3.5-2.9-3-5.1-10.8-9.7-7.6-8.3-5.7-5.7Iceland::::::::::::Liechtenstein::::::::::::Norway::::::::13.413.811.39.1Switzerland::::::::::::Montenegro::::::::::::Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the::::::::::::Serbia::::::::::::Turkey:::::::::::::=not availableNotes:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_SDDS/Annexes/gov_dd_esms_an12.htmSource of Data:EurostatLast update:30.06.2015Date of extraction:01 Jul 2015 11:47:22 CESTHyperlink to the table:http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tec00127General Disclaimer of the EC website:http://ec.europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htmCode:tec00127