DATA - Fiscal indicators (Maastricht definition)

Fiscal indicators (Maastricht definition) - updates
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023

EUR million
General government net borrowing / net lending	−9,092	−3,477	−5,488	−3,014	656	2,254	−30,437	−23,380	−14,638	−12,671
central government¹	−9,388	−4,120	−4,397	−3,436	−513	1,609	−27,349	−21,141	−17,010	−9,655
state government²	101	441	−1,255	236	631	541	−1,979	−2,059	1,946	−500
local government²	−107	−73	−277	−286	52	−93	−1,137	−265	921	−1,899
social security funds	303	275	441	472	485	197	28	85	−496	−617



General government interest payments	8,119	8,029	7,445	6,793	6,256	5,636	5,117	4,490	4,213	5,576
General government primary balance	−973	4,552	1,957	3,779	6,911	7,890	−25,321	−18,891	−10,426	−7,094
General government public debt	280,001	292,265	296,244	289,951	285,422	280,540	315,939	334,284	350,693	371,143



% of GDP
General government net borrowing / net lending	−2.7	−1.0	−1.5	−0.8	0.2	0.6	−8.0	−5.8	−3.3	−2.7
central government¹	−2.8	−1.2	−1.2	−0.9	−0.1	0.4	−7.2	−5.2	−3.8	−2.0
state government²	0.0	0.1	−0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	−0.5	−0.5	0.4	−0.1
local government²	0.0	0.0	−0.1	−0.1	0.0	0.0	−0.3	−0.1	0.2	−0.4
social security funds	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.1	−0.1



General government interest payments	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.2
General government primary balance	−0.3	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	2.0	−6.6	−4.7	−2.3	−1.5
General government public debt	84.0	84.9	82.8	78.5	74.1	70.6	82.9	82.5	78.4	77.8

Source: Federal Ministry of Finance, Statistics Austria, WIFO.

Data as of 1995 according to ESA 2010; data up to 1994 according to ESA 95 methodology. Positive figures indicate a net lending position / primary surplus; negative figures indicate a net borrowing position / primary deficit (data as of March 2024).
¹ Includes also federal funds (Environmental and Water Management Fund, Federal Housing Fund, Public Employment Service), federal chambers, ÖBB (Austrian railway company), BIG (federal facility management company) and KA Finanz AG.
² Including regional chambers, social welfare and school community associations, real estate companies owned by state governments, Wiener Linien (Vienna´s public transport operator) as well as financing of state hospitals.