Government finance

Government finance statistics form an important part of the integrated system of sectoral non-financial and financial accounts for the euro area.

To carry out the analysis required for monetary policy, the ECB and the ESCB need comprehensive and reliable government finance statistics based on the ESA 2010.

Data

Government finance - data for the euro area, the EU and individual EU Member States.

Release calendar

Report sheets

Presented in the format of the monthly Statistics Bulletin tables, but including latest government finance data:

• Revenue, expenditure and deficit/surplus
• Debt
• Change in debt
• Monthly debt securities

Reports

• Government expenditure broken down by function (COFOG)

Economic concepts

• Assistance to the financial sector (discontinued)
  
• Detailed taxes and social contributions

Legal basis

The legal basis for collecting annual government finance statistics is laid down in Guideline ECB/2013/23.