Euro Area Government Debt to GDP

Last Release

Dec 31, 2021

Actual

95.6

Units In

% of GDP

97.2

Frequency

Yearly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

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Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
97.2 Dec 2020	66 Dec 2007	79.33 % of GDP	1995-2021	Eurostat

Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields.

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The general government gross debt to GDP ratio in the Eurozone was at 87.4% in 2024, compared to 87.3% in 2023. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, the general government debt was made up of 84% debt securities, 13.5% loans and 2.5% currency and deposits. Among the bloc's economies, the highest ratios of government debt to GDP at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024 were recorded in Greece (153.6%), Italy (135.3%), France (113.0%), Belgium (104.7%) and Spain (101.8%). Germany government debt to GDP was 62.5%.