Government; financial balance sheet, market value, public sectors

This table contains data on the general government balance sheet. The full balance is not shown: the table is limited to financial assets and liabilities. For each period, the starting and final positions and the mutations are displayed. The changes are distinguished in financial transactions and other changes. These are due to agreements between units (transactions) or have a different cause, such as revaluations or reclassifications (other changes).

The data in this table have been consolidated. This means that mutual flows are eliminated. As a result, the assets and liabilities of the subsectors do not count to the assets and liabilities of the general government sector. Loans from, for example, the national government to the social security funds are part of the national government’s loans. They do not count for government loans. After all, these are loans that the government has granted to the government.

The terms used are in line with the National Accounts. The national accounts are based on the international definitions of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). Temporary differences with the publications of the National Accounts may occur due to the fact that the published figures of the government accounts are sometimes more up-to-date.

Financial assets and liabilities are presented at market value in this table.

Data available from:
Annual figures from 1995, quarterly figures from 1999.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table have definitive status for the period 1995-2021. The 2022 and 2023 figures have provisional status.

Amendments as of 22 December 2023:
Figures for the third quarter of 2023 are available.
In addition, figures for the second quarter of 2023 have been updated.

When will there be new figures?
The first figures of the most recent quarter are published three months after the end of a quarter. Subsequently, in September the first quarter, in December the second quarter and in March the first three quarters can be adjusted. The first annual figures shall be published three months after the end of the reporting year. The annual figures are then adjusted twice: six and eighteen months after the end of the reporting year. In addition, interim updates may take place to provide the European Commission with the most up-to-date government data at the end of March and at the end of September. Quarterly data shall be linked to the revised annual figures. The updated annual and quarterly figures are published each year at the end of June. Information on the revision policy of National Accounts can be found under section 3 ‘relevant articles’.