Greece — Central government deficit

millions of LCU · Annual · 1880–2025 · 105 observations

About this series

The central government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock.

Greece's central government deficit reading was 2.25B LCU in 2025. The period change from 2.15B LCU in 2024 was +103.97M LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 0.9% in 2025.

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  • Annual data, 1880–2025
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Latest observations

2005–2025

PeriodValue
20252.25B LCU
20242.15B LCU
2023-3.60B LCU
2022-7.69B LCU
2021-14.77B LCU
15 earlier values
2020-17.26B LCU
2019185.18M LCU
2018-2.35B LCU
2017-1.95B LCU
2016-1.74B LCU
2015-9.82B LCU
2014-7.92B LCU
2013-28.14B LCU
2012-16.17B LCU
2011-19.33B LCU
2010-24.37B LCU
2009-36.09B LCU
2008-26.74B LCU
2007-16.97B LCU
2006-14.36B LCU

Values before 2006, back to 2005, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.