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Eurozone government budget balance by country

Government budget balance across the euro area (2025) ranges from 3.4% in Cyprus down to โˆ’5.2% in Belgium, against a euro-area average of โˆ’2.9%.

12-mo trend
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus3.4%4.1%โ–ผ 0.7โ–ฒ 9.0โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland1.8%4.1%โ–ผ 2.3โ–ฒ 6.8โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece1.7%1.3%โ–ฒ 0.4โ–ฒ 11.6โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal0.7%0.6%โ–ฒ 0.1โ–ฒ 6.5โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlandsโˆ’1.6%โˆ’0.7%โ–ผ 0.9โ–ฒ 2.1โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuaniaโˆ’1.8%โˆ’1.3%โ–ผ 0.5โ–ฒ 4.6โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstoniaโˆ’2.0%โˆ’1.1%โ–ผ 0.9โ–ฒ 3.4โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourgโˆ’2.0%0.9%โ–ผ 2.9โ–ฒ 1.1โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMaltaโˆ’2.2%โˆ’3.4%โ–ฒ 1.2โ–ฒ 6.5โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpainโˆ’2.4%โˆ’3.2%โ–ฒ 0.8โ–ฒ 7.5โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatviaโˆ’2.5%โˆ’1.8%โ–ผ 0.7โ–ฒ 1.6โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSloveniaโˆ’2.5%โˆ’0.9%โ–ผ 1.6โ–ฒ 5.2โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermanyโˆ’2.7%โˆ’2.7%0.0โ–ฒ 1.7โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatiaโˆ’3.0%โˆ’2.3%โ–ผ 0.7โ–ฒ 4.2โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItalyโˆ’3.1%โˆ’3.4%โ–ฒ 0.3โ–ฒ 6.3โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinlandโˆ’3.4%โˆ’4.4%โ–ฒ 1.0โ–ฒ 2.1โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgariaโˆ’3.5%โˆ’3.0%โ–ผ 0.5โ–ฒ 0.3โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustriaโˆ’4.2%โˆ’4.6%โ–ฒ 0.4โ–ฒ 4.0โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakiaโˆ’4.5%โˆ’5.3%โ–ฒ 0.8โ–ฒ 0.8โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFranceโˆ’5.1%โˆ’5.8%โ–ฒ 0.7โ–ฒ 3.8โ–ฒ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgiumโˆ’5.2%โˆ’4.4%โ–ผ 0.8โ–ฒ 3.8โ–ฒ
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