DATA - Fiscal indicators (Maastricht definition)

Fiscal indicators (Maastricht definition) - updates
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025

EUR million
General government net borrowing / net lending	−5,162	−2,849	748	2,123	−31,203	−23,129	−15,325	−12,249	−22,953	−21,464
central government¹	−4,116	−3,302	−407	1,477	−28,131	−21,012	−17,583	−8,781	−16,686	−15,188
state government²	−1,192	293	641	544	−1,984	−2,056	1,983	−454	−2,306	−2,288
local government²	−297	−318	30	−97	−1,135	−177	784	−2,339	−3,085	−3,344
social security funds	442	478	485	198	47	117	−510	−676	−876	−644



General government interest payments	7,455	6,786	6,258	5,663	5,135	4,489	4,258	5,738	7,341	8,266
General government primary balance	2,293	3,936	7,007	7,786	−26,068	−18,639	−11,067	−6,511	−15,612	−13,198
General government public debt	296,693	290,373	285,840	280,975	316,360	334,731	351,144	371,621	395,051	418,078



% of GDP
General government net borrowing / net lending	−1.5	−0.8	0.2	0.5	−8.2	−5.7	−3.4	−2.6	−4.6	−4.2
central government¹	−1.2	−0.9	−0.1	0.4	−7.4	−5.2	−3.9	−1.8	−3.4	−3.0
state government²	−0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	−0.5	−0.5	0.4	−0.1	−0.5	−0.4
local government²	−0.1	−0.1	0.0	0.0	−0.3	0.0	0.2	−0.5	−0.6	−0.7
social security funds	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.1	−0.1	−0.2	−0.1



General government interest payments	2.1	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.5	1.6
General government primary balance	0.6	1.1	1.8	2.0	−6.9	−4.6	−2.5	−1.4	−3.2	−2.6
General government public debt	83.4	79.1	74.6	71.0	83.2	82.4	78.1	77.8	80.0	81.5

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 2026; 2025: provisional).
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.