Accessibility and clarity

Release calendar

The publication date appears in the release calendar. The date is confirmed in the weeks before.

Release calendar access

The Release Calendar can be accessed on our English website: Release Calendar.

User access

Statistics are always published at 08:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. No one outside Statistics Denmark has access to the statistics prior to publication.

News release

These statistics are published in a Danish press release.

Publications

Publications only in Danish.

On-line database

The statistics are published in the StatBank in the following tables:

• EDP1: Government deficit and debt in the EU-countries by country, function and unit
• EDP5: Quarterly Danish EMU-debt by function

EDP1 specifies the EU countries public finances by respectively country and function in mill. Euro, in mill. Danish kroner (only for Denmark) and in percent of GDP. (updated on a provisional basis in end of April and final basis in end of October). EDP2 specifies the EU countries public finances by respectively country and function in mill. Euro and in percent of GDP. (updated on a provisional basis in end of April and final basis in end of October).

Micro-data access

None.

Other

The data is also available in Eurostat's database

Confidentiality - policy

Subjectpage. Statistics Denmarks data confidentiality policy.

Confidentiality - data treatment

None.

Documentation on methodology

Manual on Government Deficit and Debt.

Quality documentation

Documentation on quality management and quality assurance at Statistics Denmark is available in the form of common guidelines and manuals describing the principles and procedures for statistical production. These include descriptions of quality principles documentation requirements and standards for metadata. Relevant aspects are described in the other quality sections of this statistical documentation.