Government finance statistics

ISSN 1725-9819Government financestatisticsSummary tablesData 1995-2005THEMEE U R O P E A N Economy C O M M I S S I O N and financeD E T A I L E D T A B L E S2006 EDITIONEurope Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European UnionFreephone number (*):00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11(*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed.A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet.It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu)Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006ISSN 1725-9819© European Communities, 2006 GFS Summary Tables Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 GFS Summary Tables 3 3 GFS Metadata 30 GFS Summary Tables Introduction Introduction Given the size and importance of governments in European countries, there is naturally a strong interest in statistics which describe their activities. Eurostat collects and publishes data on government activities in many of its domains. Government finance statistics (GFS) data show the economic activities of government in a harmonized and comparable way, with an emphasis on the economic substance over the legal form of the event. They include both the financial and non-financial activities of government.