DATA - Fiscal indicators (Maastricht definition)

Fiscal indicators (Maastricht definition) - updates
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024

EUR million
General government net borrowing / net lending	−1,631	−5,162	−2,849	748	2,123	−31,203	−23,129	−15,325	−12,377	−23,106
central government¹	−2,274	−4,116	−3,302	−407	1,477	−28,131	−21,012	−17,583	−8,854	−16,803
state government²	449	−1,192	293	641	544	−1,984	−2,056	1,983	−558	−2,424
local government²	−80	−297	−318	30	−97	−1,135	−177	784	−2,269	−3,000
social security funds	274	442	478	485	198	47	117	−510	−696	−878



General government interest payments	8,045	7,455	6,786	6,258	5,663	5,135	4,489	4,258	5,743	7,330
General government primary balance	6,414	2,293	3,936	7,007	7,786	−26,068	−18,639	−11,067	−6,634	−15,775
General government public debt	292,874	296,693	290,373	285,840	280,975	316,360	334,731	351,150	371,540	394,792



% of GDP
General government net borrowing / net lending	−0.5	−1.5	−0.8	0.2	0.5	−8.2	−5.7	−3.4	−2.6	−4.7
central government¹	−0.7	−1.2	−0.9	−0.1	0.4	−7.4	−5.2	−3.9	−1.9	−3.4
state government²	0.1	−0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	−0.5	−0.5	0.4	−0.1	−0.5
local government²	0.0	−0.1	−0.1	0.0	0.0	−0.3	0.0	0.2	−0.5	−0.6
social security funds	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.1	−0.1	−0.2



General government interest payments	2.4	2.1	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.5
General government primary balance	1.9	0.6	1.1	1.8	2.0	−6.9	−4.6	−2.5	−1.4	−3.2
General government public debt	85.6	83.4	79.1	74.6	71.0	83.2	82.4	78.1	77.8	79.9

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 September 2025).
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.