LJUBLJANA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia reduced the deficit of the general government sector to 5.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 from 7.8 percent a year before, and public debt fell to 74.7 percent of GDP from 79.8 percent in 2020, the country's Statistical Office said on Thursday.
In 2021, the deficit was 2.7 billion euros (2.99 billion U.S. dollars) against 3.7 billion euros the year before. The general government sector's gross debt was 38.8 billion euros (37.4 billion euros in 2020).
