Greek Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras stated that, excluding interest payments, the Greek central government achieved a primary budget surplus of 1.6 billion euros (approximately 2.22 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of this year, far exceeding the provisional budget target of 878 million euros.
2013 saw Greece's overall government budget deficit reach 23.109 billion euros (approximately 32.1 billion U.S. dollars), equivalent to 12.7% of GDP. This ratio is largely in line with the government's previous estimate of 12.6%.







