The Greek finance ministry on Tuesday reported a central government primary budget surplus of 3.756 billion euros over the first eight months of 2016. The target for the same period was 2.77 billion euros.
The figure for the same period in 2015 was 3.798 billion euros.
Tax revenues totaled 29.883 billion euros, 464 million euros (1.6 percent) above the 2016 budget target.