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Government deficit/Government surplus

Government Deficit
2023
-12.671 bn euro
+1.97 bn euro vs. 2022
Government Deficit in % of GDP
2023
-2.7 %
+0.6 percentage points vs. 2022

For the budgetary notification to the European Commission, Statistics Austria computes the data in accordance with the categories of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010).

The government deficit/surplus is the difference between total revenue and total expenditure. The Maastricht Treaty stipulates a number of convergence criteria (Maastricht criteria). Under these criteria, Member States may only enter the European Economic and Monetary Union if they satisfy the Maastricht fiscal and monetary criteria. According to the Maastricht Treaty, the ratio of the government deficit to gross domestic product (GDP) must not exceed 3 %. Other Maastricht criteria are the long-term interest rate (no more than 2 percentage points higher than in the most price-stable EU countries) and national inflation (a maximum of 1.5 percentage points above that of the three most price-stable EU countries).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Public Finance. Compiled on 28 March 2024. – Data according to ESA 2010.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Public Finance. Compiled on 28 March 2024. – Data according to ESA 2010.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Public Finance. Compiled on 28 March 2024. – Data according to ESA 2010. – Federal states including extra-budgetary units and state chambers.

Date Title PDF download
2024-03-28 file Government debt increased by 20.4 billion euros in 2023
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2023-09-29 file Government debt increased in the first half of 2023
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2023-03-31 file Government deficit in 2022 remains high, debt increased in absolute terms
2022-04-01 file Public Finances 2021: government deficit at 5.9% of GDP, government debt at 82.8%
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Last updated on 2024-03-28.
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