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EU Government Deficit, Revenue and Expenditure by Country — Quarterly, % of GDP (Eurostat)

General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), i.e. the budget surplus or deficit, plus total revenue and total expenditure, as % of GDP, seasonally and calendar adjusted, quarterly, for the euro area, the EU and every member state; some countries also with interest expenditure, taxes and social contributions. Options for series: geo: EU27_2020, EA21, EA20, BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE, IS; item: B9, TE, TR, D41PAY, D2REC, D5REC, D61REC, P3.

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/eu-government-deficit-by-country?geo=EU27_2020&item=B9&compact=1

Full metadata: verbose=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"eu-government-deficit-by-country"}

Parameters

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "eu-government-deficit-by-country",
  "data_freshness": "live",
  "data": {
    "geo": "EU27_2020",
    "item": "B9",
    "series": "European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — Net lending (+)/net borrowing (-) (general government, SCA)",
    "unit": "% of GDP",
    "frequency": "Q",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "value": -3.5
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2023-Q2",
        "value": -3.2
      },
      {
        "period": "2023-Q3",
        "value": -3.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2023-Q4",
        "value": -3.7
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q1",
        "value": -3
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q2",
        "value": -3.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q3",
        "value": -3
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q4",
        "value": -3.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q1",
        "value": -2.9
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q2",
        "value": -2.9
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q3",
        "value": -3.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q4",
        "value": -3.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-Q1",
        "value": -3.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-Q2",
        "value": -3.5
      }
    ],
    "available": {
      "from": "2002-Q1",
      "to": "2026-Q2",
      "points": 98
    },
    "verification": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-31T22:07:12.439Z",
      "checks": [
        {
          "period": "2026-Q1",
          "field": "value",
          "expected": -3.1,
          "ok": true,
          "evidence": "Eurostat 2-21072026-BP: EU deficit -3.1 % of GDP in Q1 2026 (unchanged in the Q2 data)"
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "licence": "Eurostat (reuse incl. commercial allowed, source acknowledged)",
      "licence_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice",
      "series_title": "European Union - 27 countries (from 2020);Net lending (+)/net borrowing (-)"
    },
    "attribution": "Source: Eurostat"
  },
  "source": "Eurostat",
  "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice",
  "license": "Eurostat (reuse incl. commercial allowed, source acknowledged)",
  "licence_status": "green"
}

Recorded history available: /api/v1/history/eu-government-deficit-by-country?geo=EU27_2020&item=B9

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