Table 3.1
Millions of Percent of GDP
Country |
Total |
Total |
Surplus(+)/ |
General Govt. |
GDP |
Total |
Total |
Surplus(+)/ |
General |
Belgium |
134,843 |
140,417 |
-5,574 |
272,874 |
288,089 |
46.8 |
48.7 |
-1.9 |
94.7 |
Denmark |
97,996 |
108,077 |
-10,080 |
84,000 |
197,222 |
49.7 |
54.8 |
-5.1 |
42.6 |
Germany |
880,780 |
1,038,040 |
-157,260 |
1,451,000 |
2,215,650 |
39.8 |
46.9 |
-7.1 |
65.5 |
Greece |
62,703 |
83,270 |
-20,567 |
182,702 |
168,417 |
37.2 |
49.4 |
-12.2 |
108.5 |
Spain |
293,926 |
325,095 |
-31,169 |
388,495 |
837,316 |
35.1 |
38.8 |
-3.7 |
46.4 |
France |
743,826 |
880,553 |
-136,727 |
1,069,165 |
1,659,020 |
44.8 |
53.1 |
-8.2 |
64.4 |
Ireland |
45,282 |
50,072 |
-4,791 |
43,743 |
147,569 |
30.7 |
33.9 |
-3.2 |
29.6 |
Italy |
564,912 |
657,167 |
-92,255 |
1,441,879 |
1,388,870 |
40.7 |
47.3 |
-6.6 |
103.8 |
Luxembourg |
10,461 |
11,696 |
-1,235 |
1,782 |
27,056 |
38.7 |
43.2 |
-4.6 |
6.6 |
Netherlands |
187,204 |
227,535 |
-40,331 |
256,924 |
488,642 |
38.3 |
46.6 |
-8.3 |
52.6 |
Austria |
104,181 |
118,255 |
-14,074 |
150,649 |
235,819 |
44.2 |
50.1 |
-6.0 |
63.9 |
Portugal |
37,945 |
65,668 |
-27,722 |
83,781 |
143,029 |
26.5 |
45.9 |
-19.4 |
58.6 |
Finland |
66,082 |
76,505 |
-10,423 |
67,270 |
151,935 |
43.5 |
50.4 |
-6.9 |
44.3 |
Sweden |
143,857 |
159,814 |
-15,957 |
144,066 |
282,014 |
51.0 |
56.7 |
-5.7 |
51.1 |
United Kingdom |
640,281 |
750,629 |
-110,348 |
684,776 |
1,733,603 |
36.9 |
43.3 |
-6.4 |
39.5 |
Cyprus Czech Republic |
31,608 |
38,468 |
-6,860 |
28,069 |
87,205 |
36.2 |
44.1 |
-7.9 |
32.2 |
Estonia |
2,936 |
3,292 |
-357 |
486 |
9,043 |
32.5 |
36.4 |
-3.9 |
5.4 |
Hungary Lithuania |
5,163 |
6,007 |
-844 |
3,522 |
18,083 |
28.6 |
33.2 |
-4.7 |
19.5 |
Latvia |
3,185 |
3,997 |
-812 |
1,547 |
11,157 |
28.5 |
35.8 |
-7.3 |
13.9 |
Malta |
1,558 |
2,084 |
-526 |
3,211 |
4,316 |
36.1 |
48.3 |
-12.2 |
74.4 |
Poland |
65,908 |
85,907 |
-19,998 |
94,578 |
203,711 |
32.4 |
42.2 |
-9.8 |
46.4 |
Slovakia |
8,315 |
13,434 |
-5,119 |
14,560 |
33,863 |
24.6 |
39.7 |
-15.1 |
43.0 |
Slovenia |
10,408 |
12,396 |
-1,988 |
7,697 |
26,146 |
39.8 |
47.4 |
-7.6 |
29.4 |
EU Benchmark* |
180,146 |
211,234 |
-31,088 |
281,599 |
450,338 |
40.0 |
46.9 |
-6.9 |
62.5 |
Note: * Population-weighted per capita values multiplied by EU benchmark population (= total EU population divided by 23).
Source: Author’s calculations based on data from Eurostat.
Total Revenues, Total Expenditures, Budget Balances, and Consolidated Debt Levels (2004) - EU Countries and EU Average