Greece’s primary budget deficit last year stood at 5.0% of economic output, the statistics service (ELSTAT) said on Friday, in a second reading of fiscal data under ESA 2010 accounting rules.
The deficit result remained unchanged from a first reading in April.
Greece’s general government debt fell to 195.4% of GDP last year from 206,3% in 2020, ELSTAT’s data showed.
Greece, which emerged from its post-bailout surveillance programme in August, projects a 1.7% of GDP primary budget deficit this year and sees general government debt at 169.1% of GDP, b
