Fulfillment of Criteria in April 2013
| Convergence data in 2012 |
HICP inflation rate |
Budget deficit to GDP |
Debt-to-GDP ratio |
ERM II member |
Long-term interest rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference value | max. 2.83% |
max. 3.0% | max. 60% | min. 2 years | max. 3.51% |
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| Bulgaria | 2.65% | 1.5% | 19.5% | No | 4.52% |
| Czech Republic | 3.05% | 3.5% | 45.1% | No | 2.79% |
| Denmark | 2.18% | 3.9% | 45.4% | since 1 Jan. 1999 | 1.31% |
| Latvia | 2.15% | 1.7% | 41.9% | since 2 May 2005 | 4.55% |
| Lithuania | 3.35% | 3.2% | 41.6% | since 28 June 2004 | 4.87% |
| Hungary | 5.55% | 2.5% | 78.4% | No | 7.79% |
| Poland | 3.55% | 3.4% | 55.5% | No | 5.06% |
| Romania | 4.25% | 2.8% | 34.6% | No | 6.60% |
| Sweden | 0.95% | 0.0% | 37.4% | No | 1.51% |
| United Kingdom | 2.38% | 6.2% | 88.7% | No | 1.63% |
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| Croatia | 3.4% | 4.4% | 53.8% | No | 6.41% |
| Iceland | 5.6% | 3.4% | 96.8% | No | 6.95% |
| Macedonia | 2.9% | 3.5% | 31.0% | No | No data |
| Montenegro | 3.9% | 4.0% | 52.0% | Not applicable | No data |
| Serbia | 7.3% | 6.7% | 58.1% | No | No data |
| Turkey | 8.0% | 2.4% | 36.8% | No | 8.69% |
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| Albania | 2.0% | 3.5% | 63.8% | No | No data |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.2% | 2.8% | 43.7% | No | No data |
| Kosovo | 0.6% | 2.8% | 17.6% | Not applicable | No data |
| Liechtenstein | No data | No data | No data | Not applicable | No data |
| Norway | 1.0% | −14.1% | 28.1% | No | 2.07% |
| Switzerland | -0.9% | −0.2% | 41.6% | No | 0.62% |
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