THE FRUGAL FOUR AT A GLANCE

The Frugal Four are Austrian Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden

Debt to GDP Ratio (2019)

1. Sweden: 35.1%
2. Denmark: 33.2%
3. Netherlands: 48.6%
4. Austria 70.4%

Net Contribution to the EU Budget (2018 in million euros)

1. Netherlands: +4,877
2. Sweden: + 1,983
3. Austria + 1,534
4. Denmark: + 1,468

As a group their combined net contribution of 8,862 comes after Germany and ahead of France