Government finance statistics
Subtitle: Summary tables 2/2011 : data 1996-2010
By: European Commission
Contributors: Statistical Office of the European Communities
Series: Eurostat statistical books; Theme--Economy and finance; Eurostat statistical books; Theme 2--Economy and finance
Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Public Finance; Statistics
Description: The tables in this publication present government finance statistics (GFS) data by Member State, for the EU27 and Eurozone and for Iceland, Switzerland and Norway. The GFS presentation shows, in an integrated way: government revenue, government expenditure, government deficit, transactions in assets, transactions in liabilities, other economic flows, and balance sheets. It gives a clear picture of the links between these data. The publication is intended primarily for national governments, Central Banks, economic analysts and academics with an interest in government finance, though could also be of interest to the wider public. Other references on the same subject are for example: Eurostat Manual on Government Deficit and Debt, Taxation trends in the European Union and GFS website. The value-added in comparison with other publications is to give an overview of government finances from several angles with consistency information. The publication covers a 15-year period (1996-2010).